Improving adverse drug reaction reporting through workshops and telephone education in Portugal

Improving adverse drug reaction reporting through workshops and telephone education in Portugal: a cluster randomised trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN33698297

Enrollment

6579

Registered

2011-09-13

Start date

2007-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Under-reporting adverse drug reactions Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Complication of surgical and medical care, unspecified

Interventions

We implemented a continuing medical education multifaceted intervention comprising of telephone interviews and workshops. Telephone education consisted of a telephone conversation between the resear

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All National Health System physicians working in the northern region of Portugal

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Physicians not involved in any clinical activity (e.g. engaged in administrative tasks, analysis, etc.) 2. Working in substance abuse and rehabilitation centres 3. Working at the regional pharmacosurveillance centre or any department having a specific voluntary adverse drug reaction reporting program and physicians attached to specific hospitals (cancer, maternity, etc)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Rate of total notifications per month	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Rate of serious, unexpected, high-causality and new-drug-related adverse drug reactions per month	—

Countries

Portugal

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026