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ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Subjective Perceptions of Occupational Fatigue in Community Pharmacists.

Taylor L Watterson, Michelle A Chui

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Article in Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Taylor L WattersonDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 750 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2504-4363
Michelle A ChuiSocial and Administrative Sciences Division, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0894-0959
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchUL1TR002373 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ELIZABETH S BURNSIDE, Allan R. Brasier · 2017 to 2026
$75.9M
Validating a Tool to Measure Pharmacist Fatigue: Implications for the Quadruple AimR36HS027766 · AHRQ · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI WATTERSON, TAYLOR LEE · 2021 to 2021
$43k
AHRQ HHS R36 HS027766HRSA HHS T32HP10010NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002373
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCommunity retail pharmacists are experiencing unsafe levels of stress and excessive demands within the workplace. One aspect of workload stress that has been overlooked among pharmacists is occupational fatigue. Occupational fatigue is a characteristic of excessive workload including increased work demands and reduced capacity and resources to complete the work. The goal of this study is to describe the subjective perceptions of occupational fatigue in community pharmacists by using (Aim 1) a previously developed Pharmacist Fatigue Instrument and (Aim 2) semi-structured interviews.

methodsWisconsin community pharmacists were eligible to participate in the study and recruited via a practice-based research network. Participants were asked to complete a demographic questionnaire, a Pharmacist Fatigue Instrument, and semi-structured interview. Survey data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Interview transcripts were analyzed using qualitative deductive content analysis.

resultsTotally, 39 pharmacists participated in the study. From the Pharmacist Fatigue Instrument, 50% of the participants stated they had times where they were not able to go above and beyond standard patient care on more than half of the days they worked. A total of 30% of the participants reported that they found it necessary to take short-cuts when providing patient care on more than half of the days they worked. Pharmacist interviews were separated into overarching themes including mental fatigue, physical fatigue, active fatigue, and passive fatigue.

conclusionsThe findings highlighted the pharmacists' feelings of despair and mental fatigue, fatigue's connectedness to interpersonal relationships, and the complex nature of pharmacy work systems. Interventions aimed at improving occupational fatigue in community pharmacies should consider key themes of fatigue that pharmacists are experiencing.

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community pharmacyfatiguemental fatiguepharmacistworkplace

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