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Psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in community pharmacists: A longitudinal study.
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- Post-traumatic stress in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychiatry research · 2022Pooled it
- Mental health among healthcare workers during COVID-19: a study to oversee the impact of the risk perception and relationship with inflammation from blood-based extracellular vesicles.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Survey on the Mental Health of Dispensing Pharmacists in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region (France).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Observational
- Pharmacists' Mental Health during the First Two Years of the Pandemic: A Socio-Ecological Scoping Review.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Mental health trajectories of Brazilian health workers during two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021).Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Community Pharmacists' Beliefs about Suboptimal Practice during the Times of COVID-19.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has negatively affected the mental health of frontline health care workers, including pharmacists.
objectivesThe aim of this longitudinal study was to assess the psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in French owner community pharmacists.
methodsWe 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.
resultsThe 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.
conclusionThis 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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