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Work fatigue among Lebanese community pharmacists: prevalence and correlates

Deema Rahme1, Nathalie Lahoud2, Hala Sacre3, Marwan Akel4, Souheil Hallit5, Pascale Salameh6

  1. 1Pharmacy Practice Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon.
  2. 2Pharmacoepidemiology Surveillance Unit, Center for Research in Public Health (CERIPH), Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Fanar, Lebanon.
  3. 3National Institute of Public Health, Clinical Epidemiology & Toxicology (INSPECT-LB), Beirut, Lebanon.
  4. 4School of Pharmacy, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon.
  5. 5Faculty of Medicine & Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon.
  6. 6Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Hadat, Lebanon.

Received: 16-02-2020; Accepted: 24-05-2020.

Volume 18, Issue 2 · pp. 1844 · PUBLISHED 3 June 2020 · DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2020.2.1844

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Objective: To assess work fatigue and its associated factors among community pharmacists in Lebanon. Methods: 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. Results: 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). Conclusions: 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.

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    Rahme, D., Lahoud, N., Sacre, H., Akel, M., Hallit, S., & Salameh, P. (2020). Work fatigue among Lebanese community pharmacists: prevalence and correlates. Pharmacy Practice, 18(2), 1844. https://doi.org/10.18549/PharmPract.2020.2.1844