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Burnout among pharmacists in Tunisia during COVID-19 pandemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

D. Falfel ,
D. Cherif ,
H. Falfel ,
N. Tlili ,
C. Drira ,
M. Razgallah Khrouf ,
G. Hamdi  and
H. Ben Ammar
D. Falfel*
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, Psychiatry Ward, Manouba, Tunisia
D. Cherif
Affiliation:
Faculty of pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Department, Monastir, Tunisia
H. Falfel
Affiliation:
Faculty of pharmacy, Lncm, Tunis, Tunisia
N. Tlili
Affiliation:
Faculty of pharmacy, Pharmacology, Monastir, Tunisia
C. Drira
Affiliation:
Faculty of pharmacy, Pharmacology, Monastir, Tunisia
M. Razgallah Khrouf
Affiliation:
Faculty of pharmacy, Pharmacology, Monastir, Tunisia
G. Hamdi
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, Psychiatry Ward, Manouba, Tunisia
H. Ben Ammar
Affiliation:
Razi Hospital, Psychiatry Ward, Manouba, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Both public and private sector pharmacists were instrumental in containing this health crisis in Tunisia. The high workload had a considerable impact on their mental health during the outbreak of the Corona Virus.

Objectives

This study aims to assess burnout and the psychological toll of the pandemic among pharmacists in Tunisia during covid-19.

Methods

258 Tunisian pharmacists working in the public and private sector participated in a questionnaire. Burnout was assessed by the Maslach burnout scale. Regression analysis was used to assess the impact of the pandemic on Tunisian pharmacists.

Results

80% of the respondents were women. Participants ranged in age from 22 to 62, 60% were married, 57% had at least one child, and 42% had been working for less than five years. The burnout scale revealed 76% burnout among them. Univariate linear regression showed that female gender (p = 0.014 <0.05) was associated with the development of burnout.

Conclusions

The considerable prevalence of burnout among pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia can be attributed to the enormous and overwhelming responsibilities that any health care worker endured.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

pharmacistImpactCovid-19burnout
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S498
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