The Quality of Clinical Information in Adverse Drug Reaction Reports by Patients and Healthcare Professionals: A Retrospective Comparative Analysis

Clinical information is needed to assess the causal relationship between a drug and an adverse drug reaction (ADR) in a reliable way. Little is known about the level of relevant clinical information about the ADRs reported by patients.The aim was to determine to what extent patients report relevant clinical information about an ADR compared with their healthcare professional.A retrospective analysis of all ADR reports on the same case, i.e.,...