In the study by Figueiras et al.,[15] which
was performed in the same region as our study,
an educational intervention to improve physician
reporting is described, namely by performing
outreach visits to groups of health professionals.
Their results present a very impressive increase
(10-fold) in ADR reporting in the intervention
group, and a 6-fold increase in the reporting of
serious ADRs. When compared with our results,
it is clear that the educational intervention has
proven to be much more effective, but also requires
more resources (human and financial)