Psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in community pharmacists: A longitudinal study.
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003)
; 62(4): 1359-1363, 2022.
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BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has negatively affected the mental health of frontline health care workers, including pharmacists. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this longitudinal study was to assess the psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in French owner community pharmacists. METHODS: We conducted a postal-based survey to assess the psychological difficulties of the COVID-19 outbreak in French owner community pharmacists based on 3 psychologically validated self-report questionnaires: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Impact of Event Scale-revised (IES-R), and Maslach Burnout Inventory. The baseline assessment was during the first sanitary lockdown period and the second one 5 months later. RESULTS: The sample consists of 135 owner community pharmacists. At follow-up, 67 answered the questionnaires (response rate: 49.6%). The mean scores of the PSS and IES-R significantly decreased (P = 0.002). Fifteen pharmacists reported significant posttraumatic stress symptoms (23.1%) at baseline and 11 at follow-up (16.4%, P = 0.02). Age and sex were not significantly associated with persistent posttraumatic stress or burnout symptoms. CONCLUSION: This is the first longitudinal study that showed the psychological impact of owner community pharmacists as health care workers dealing with their community's COVID-19 outbreak. Based on validated self-report questionnaires, stress, posttraumatic stress, and burnout symptoms decreased during follow-up. It is necessary to continue monitoring psychological difficulties for health care workers, especially during consecutive waves of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Agotamiento Profesional
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003)
Asunto de la revista:
FARMACIA
Año:
2022
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Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos