Turcu-Stiolica Adina, Bogdan Maria, Subtirelu Mihaela-Simona, Meca Andreea-Daniela, Taerel Adriana-Elena, Iaru Irina, Kamusheva Maria, Petrova Guenka
Department of Pharmacoeconomics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania.
Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania.
J Clin Med. 2021 Feb 19;10(4):864. doi: 10.3390/jcm10040864.
Community pharmacists are essential front-line health workers, involved in relieving the COVID-19 burden. Their health-related quality of life status needs to be assessed, as lower levels could affect their functioning. In order to evaluate the current status of community pharmacists' quality of life from Romania and Bulgaria during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to identify factors associated with their decision on being vaccinated to prevent COVID-19, an online survey involving 395 community pharmacists was conducted from 15th July 2020 to 15th August 2020. The 15D instrument was used for quality-of-life assessment. The pharmacists' recommendations for vitamin C and D intake during the COVID-19 pandemic were also analyzed in order to promote future training programs for community pharmacists. Descriptive statistics, comparative analyses between pharmacists from Romania and Bulgaria, and multiple correlation analyses were performed on the collected data. Significant differences were observed for the level of quality of life between the two groups of pharmacists according to their age; smaller values, directly correlated with their age (total 15D score and age: Spearman r = 0.168, = 0.022), were obtained for Bulgarian pharmacists regarding sleeping, usual activities, mental function, discomfort and symptoms, depression, distress. The perception of being vaccinated did not differ between Romanian and Bulgarian pharmacists, as almost 50% agreed to vaccination ( = 0.7542). Their willingness to vaccinate was correlated with vitamin D usage ( = 0.0134), rather than with vitamin C ( = 0.4157). No other significant associations were found between willingness to get vaccinated to prevent COVID-19 and other characteristics (age, gender, income, quality-of-life markers). Evidence-based interventions are required to enhance the health-related quality of life of community pharmacists involved in the first line of the COVID-19 pandemic.
社区药剂师是至关重要的一线卫生工作者，参与减轻新冠疫情的负担。需要评估他们与健康相关的生活质量状况，因为较低的生活质量水平可能会影响他们的工作。为了评估新冠疫情期间罗马尼亚和保加利亚社区药剂师的生活质量现状，并确定与他们接种新冠疫苗预防决策相关的因素，于2020年7月15日至2020年8月15日对395名社区药剂师进行了一项在线调查。使用15D工具进行生活质量评估。还分析了药剂师在新冠疫情期间对维生素C和D摄入的建议，以促进未来针对社区药剂师的培训项目。对收集到的数据进行了描述性统计、罗马尼亚和保加利亚药剂师之间的比较分析以及多重相关性分析。根据年龄，两组药剂师的生活质量水平存在显著差异；保加利亚药剂师在睡眠、日常活动、心理功能、不适与症状、抑郁、痛苦方面获得的数值较小，且与年龄直接相关（15D总分与年龄：Spearman秩相关系数r = 0.168，P = 0.022）。罗马尼亚和保加利亚药剂师在接种疫苗的认知上没有差异，因为近50%的人同意接种疫苗（P = 0.7542）。他们接种疫苗的意愿与维生素D的使用相关（P = 0.0134），而与维生素C无关（P = 0.4157）。在预防新冠疫情接种疫苗的意愿与其他特征（年龄、性别、收入、生活质量指标）之间未发现其他显著关联。需要基于证据的干预措施来提高参与新冠疫情一线工作的社区药剂师与健康相关的生活质量。
