Rahme Deema, Lahoud Nathalie, Sacre Hala, Akel Marwan, Hallit Souheil, Salameh Pascale
Pharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beirut Arab University, Beirut (Lebanon).
Pharmacoepidemiology Surveillance Unit, Center for Research in Public Health (CERIPH), Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University. Fanar (Lebanon).
Pharm Pract (Granada). 2020 Apr-Jun;18(2):1844. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2020.2.1844. Epub 2020 Jun 3.
To assess work fatigue and its associated factors among community pharmacists in Lebanon.
This cross-sectional study was conducted between March and July 2018. A proportionate sample of 435 community pharmacists was selected from all regions of Lebanon. A standardized self-administered questionnaire, distributed by trained interviewers, was used to assess the studied variables.
The results showed that 50.12% of the pharmacists had emotional work fatigue [95%CI 0.454-0.549], 55.01% had mental work fatigue [95%CI 0.503-0.597], and 54.78% had physical work fatigue [95%CI 0.501-0.595]. Higher mental work fatigue was significantly associated with higher stress (Beta=0.185) and having a master's degree compared to a bachelor's degree (Beta=2.23). Higher emotional work fatigue was significantly associated with higher stress (Beta=0.219), working more than 40 hours compared to ≤ 16 hours (Beta=2.742), and having 6 months to less than 1 year of practice compared to less than 6 months (Beta=-5.238). Higher physical work fatigue was significantly associated with higher stress (Beta=0.169) and having better soft skills (Beta=-0.163).
Work-related fatigue is high among community pharmacists and touches all aspects: physical, mental, and emotional. In our study, community pharmacists' fatigue levels were associated with educational level, years of experience, working hours, stress, depression, and soft skills, while no relation was found with gender, age, position in the pharmacy, and economic status. Interventions are recommended to tackle this public health problem that affects pharmacists, and eventually, patients.
评估黎巴嫩社区药剂师的工作疲劳及其相关因素。
本横断面研究于2018年3月至7月进行。从黎巴嫩所有地区选取了435名社区药剂师作为比例抽样样本。由经过培训的访谈员发放标准化的自填式问卷，用于评估研究变量。
结果显示，50.12%的药剂师存在情绪性工作疲劳[95%置信区间0.454 - 0.549]，55.01%存在精神性工作疲劳[95%置信区间0.503 - 0.597]，54.78%存在身体性工作疲劳[95%置信区间0.501 - 0.595]。较高的精神性工作疲劳与较高的压力（β = 0.185）以及拥有硕士学位而非学士学位显著相关（β = 2.23）。较高的情绪性工作疲劳与较高的压力（β = 0.219）、工作时长超过40小时而非≤16小时（β = 2.742）以及执业6个月至不到1年而非不到6个月显著相关（β = -5.238）。较高的身体性工作疲劳与较高的压力（β = 0.169）以及具备更好的软技能显著相关（β = -0.163）。
社区药剂师中与工作相关的疲劳程度较高，涉及身体、精神和情绪各个方面。在我们的研究中，社区药剂师的疲劳水平与教育程度、工作经验年限、工作时长、压力、抑郁和软技能相关，而未发现与性别、年龄、在药房的职位以及经济状况有关。建议采取干预措施来解决这个影响药剂师乃至最终影响患者的公共卫生问题。
