Coping with the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of community pharmacists from Serbia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rapid spread of COVID-19 forced the public to turn to community pharmacies as the most accessible points of primary healthcare, overloading pharmacy services. The objectives of this research were to detect and describe the changes in work environment of community pharmacists in Vojvodina during the state of emergency due to COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic effects on job related stress were assessed.

Methods

Community pharmacists from Vojvodina completed an online questionnaire on work environment changes related to COVID-19 (cross-sectional study).

Results

Out of the 1574 licenced pharmacists in Vojvodina, 392 completed the survey. Workload increase, reported by 90.8% of pharmacists, was caused mostly by higher demand for safety equipment

SUBMITTER: Jovicic-Bata J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8022120 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature