Educational intervention to improve physician reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in a primary care setting in complementary and alternative medicine

Table 2 Completeness of obligatory items on adverse drug reaction (ADR) reports

ADR Report	Before educational intervention		After educational intervention		P value
	n	%	n	%
ADR	116	100	288	100
Drug
Name of drug	110	94.8	279	96.9	0.325
Prescribed for	95	81.9	262	91.0	0.010*
Date drug started	99	85.3	280	97.2	< 0.001*
Date drug stopped	72	62.0	245	85.1	< 0.001*
Suspected of causing ADR	97	83.6	274	95.1	< 0.001*
Dosage	77	66.3	268	93.0	< 0.001*
Diagnosis
Name	112	96.6	279	96.9	0.868
ICD-10 code	111	95.6	279	96.9	0.556
ADR
Symptom	106	91.4	271	94.1	0.322
Severity according to WHO-ART	109	94.0	273	94.8	0.741
Serious or non-serious according to ICH	40	34.5	170	59.0	< 0.001*
Date ADR started	100	86.2	268	93.1	0.029*
Date ADR stopped	81	69.8	233	80.9	0.016*
Treatment of ADR completed?	96	82.8	268	93.1	0.002*
Causality	94	81.0	271	94.1	< 0.001*

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