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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pharmacists Practicing in Community Pharmacies in the State of Nebraska.
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2024 March 23
BACKGROUND: The rapid increase in COVID-19 combined with uncertainty surrounding transmission and treatment protocols resulted in unprecedented burnout amongst healthcare workers. As other healthcare workers scrambled to support patients, community pharmacists quickly responded to the pandemic by extending their services. This constantly changing environment amongst other factors created a high degree of psychological burden associated with COVID-19 for pharmacists. Although studies have examined the psychological impact of the pandemic on frontline healthcare workers, pharmacists are rarely included in these studies.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of COVID-19 on work and personal well-being from the perspective of pharmacists practicing in community pharmacies in Nebraska.
METHODS: A cross-sectional online survey collected data from pharmacists with an active Nebraska Pharmacist license (N=2,763) from November 2022-January 2023. The survey was a hybrid of researcher-developed items and the validated abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory (aMBI). The aMBI is a 9-item Likert-scale scored instrument, which captures three domains of burnout: Personal Accomplishment; Emotional Exhaustion; and Depersonalization. Data was analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 27.
RESULTS: The response rate to the survey was 12.3% (n=339). Mean age of the respondents was 44.8 years with an average of 18.7 years in practice. Most respondents (n=113, 50.7%) practiced in a community pharmacy followed by hospital (n=72, 32.3%). 55.8% of community pharmacists reported that they considered leaving their current employer. Chi-square analysis confirmed that community pharmacists are more burned out than non-community pharmacists.
CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacists realized they had not been recognized for their contributions as frontline healthcare workers, which motivated them to consider leaving their employer and even the profession of pharmacy. This study found community pharmacists are burned out more than non-community pharmacists. Within community pharmacies, it was found that pharmacists practicing at corporate-owned community pharmacies had increased burnout compared to those practicing in independent community pharmacies.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of COVID-19 on work and personal well-being from the perspective of pharmacists practicing in community pharmacies in Nebraska.
METHODS: A cross-sectional online survey collected data from pharmacists with an active Nebraska Pharmacist license (N=2,763) from November 2022-January 2023. The survey was a hybrid of researcher-developed items and the validated abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory (aMBI). The aMBI is a 9-item Likert-scale scored instrument, which captures three domains of burnout: Personal Accomplishment; Emotional Exhaustion; and Depersonalization. Data was analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 27.
RESULTS: The response rate to the survey was 12.3% (n=339). Mean age of the respondents was 44.8 years with an average of 18.7 years in practice. Most respondents (n=113, 50.7%) practiced in a community pharmacy followed by hospital (n=72, 32.3%). 55.8% of community pharmacists reported that they considered leaving their current employer. Chi-square analysis confirmed that community pharmacists are more burned out than non-community pharmacists.
CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacists realized they had not been recognized for their contributions as frontline healthcare workers, which motivated them to consider leaving their employer and even the profession of pharmacy. This study found community pharmacists are burned out more than non-community pharmacists. Within community pharmacies, it was found that pharmacists practicing at corporate-owned community pharmacies had increased burnout compared to those practicing in independent community pharmacies.
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