Association of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Employment Status Change for Practicing Pharmacists.

Autor:	Mott DA; University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Pharmacy, Madison, WI, USA., Arya V; St. John's University, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Queens, NY, USA., Bakken BK; University of Iowa, College of Nursing, Iowa City, IA, USA., Doucette WR; University of Iowa, College of Pharmacy, Iowa City, IA, USA., Gaither C; University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy, Minneapolis, MN, USA., Gilson A; University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Pharmacy, Madison, WI, USA., Kreling DH; University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Pharmacy, Madison, WI, USA., Schommer JC; University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Pharmacy, Madison, WI, USA., Witry M; University of Iowa, College of Pharmacy, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists [Am J Health Syst Pharm] 2024 Aug 30. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 30.
DOI:	10.1093/ajhp/zxae229
Abstrakt:	Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in health care workers experiencing temporary or permanent changes in employment due to layoffs, quits, and postpandemic increased job demand. Analyzing the association of the COVID-19 pandemic with employment changes and results of changes for practicing pharmacists and understanding the associations with demographic and work-related factors could inform practice, policy, and educational programs. This study aimed to explore the frequency, characteristics, and results of employment status changes (ESCs) experienced by pharmacists practicing pharmacy in March 2020 (ie, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic). Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional survey research design was used to collect data from a random sample of 93,990 licensed pharmacists in the United States. The study team developed an online survey questionnaire designed to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on pharmacists' work and work-life. The survey items used for this study related to ESCs, work-life characteristics, work characteristics in March 2020 and 2022, and demographic variables. A total of 4947 usable responses were received between November 2022 and January 2023. Results: Overall, 36.4% of respondents reported experiencing an ESC and approximately 70% of those reporting an ESC reported experiencing just 1 ECS. Overall, 39.5% of respondents who experienced an ESC stopped working (ie, were unemployed) pursuant to an ESC. Respondents who experienced an ESC reported significantly lower levels of work exhaustion and interprofessional disengagement and significantly higher levels of professional fulfillment in their current employment than respondents that did not experience an ESC. Conclusion: The overall increase in demand for workers in the health care sector appeared to provide opportunities for pharmacists, especially pharmacists with 1 to 10 years of experience, to change their employment situation, resulting in better work-life characteristics. Given projections of a pharmacist shortage, research, policy, and educational programs could determine the best practices to improve work settings and the work-life characteristics of practicing pharmacists to improve the health of the current pharmacist workforce. (0002‐9459/© 2024 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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