Impact on mental health of the COVID-19 outbreak among community pharmacists during the sanitary lockdown period

OBJECTIVES: COVID-19 outbreak can impact mental health including health care workers. The aim of this study was to assess the psychological impact of COVID-19 in French community pharmacists. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We carried out a postal-based survey to assess the psychological impact of COVID-19 in...

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Autores principales: Lange, M., Joo, S., Couette, P.-A., de Jaegher, S., Joly, F., Humbert, X.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Académie Nationale de Pharmacie. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. 2020
Materias:
Current Events
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7539790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33038309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pharma.2020.09.002
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Sumario:OBJECTIVES: COVID-19 outbreak can impact mental health including health care workers. The aim of this study was to assess the psychological impact of COVID-19 in French community pharmacists. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We carried out a postal-based survey to assess the psychological impact of COVID-19 in French owner community pharmacists based on three validated self-report questionnaires: Perceived Stress scale, Impact of Event Scale-revised and Maslach Burnout Inventory. RESULTS: The sample consists of 135 community pharmacists. Twenty-three pharmacists reported significant post-traumatic stress symptoms (17%). High burnout symptoms were found in 33 (25%), 46 (34.9%) and 4 (3%) participants. Females scored higher than males for all questionnaires (P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: This study is the first study which showed the psychological impact of COVID-19 in community pharmacists. Based on validated self-report questionnaires, up to 35% of pharmacists reported psychological disturbances. Interventions to promote psychological well-being of healthcare workers need to be developing.

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