Subjective Perceptions of Occupational Fatigue in Community Pharmacists.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Community 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.

Methods

Wisconsin community pharmacists were eligible to participate in the study and recruited via a practice-based research network. Participants were asked to complete a demographi

SUBMITTER: Watterson TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10204370 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature