An Evaluations of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Invasive Medical Device Adverse Event or Reaction Reporting in Nashik Zone Hospitals

Patole Apeksha, Bhavar Chaitali, Surana Bhushan

Abstract: The current prospective observational study of three-month duration was designed to evaluate the Knowledge Attitude and Practice among health care person (doctors & nurses) and layperson (a person who under gone through the process) working towards adverse event of medical device reporting and Materiovgilance. A questionnaire which was suitable for assessing the basic Knowledge, Attitude and the Practice (KAP) of Materiovigilance was designed and distributed two time for pre and post study into the healthcare professionals and layperson in Nashik zone hospitals. Out of the 600-questionnaire given, 550 responding were the 220 healthcare professionals working in the hospital and 330 layperson who used the medical devices, from 91.66% responses provided from both groups where the healthcare group 36.66% from (n= 220) and layperson group 55.33% from (n=330). The study showed that the knowledge of healthcare professionals in general was less information about the Materiovigilance Programme for India and also about and its members, National centres and reporting medical device adverse event pre-study after seminar about materiovgilance after that improvement occur into knowledge attitude into post study. The results of the study strongly suggest that underreporting of medical device adverse events is associated with gaps in the knowledge and attitudes.

Keywords: Medical device adverse event and MDAE reporting, healthcare professionals, layperson, KAP, Materiovigilance

How to Cite?: Patole Apeksha, Bhavar Chaitali, Surana Bhushan, "An Evaluations of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Invasive Medical Device Adverse Event or Reaction Reporting in Nashik Zone Hospitals", Volume 14 Issue 11, November 2025, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1807-1811, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR251112171547, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR251112171547