Survey on the Mental Health of Dispensing Pharmacists in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Region (France).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic intensely involved pharmacists in France, with new responsibilities on a large scale, introducing to dispensary practice the performance of vaccination and nasopharyngeal swabs. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of burnout, anxiety, and depression in pharmacists after the COVID-19 health crisis and to identify factors associated with psychological distress.

Methods

A cross-sectional observational study involved 1700 pharmacies in an entire French region. Sociodemographic, geographical, and medical information (burnout tested with the MBI and anxiety/depression measured on the HAD scale) were collected via an online anonymous self-administered questionnaire. The characteristics of the pharmacy and the practice of antigen testing and va

SUBMITTER: Massoubre B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10648574 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature