Factors associated with quality of life among community pharmacists in Lebanon: results of a cross-sectional study
- Autores: Hala Sacre, Sahar Obeid, Georges Choueiry, Eva Hobeika, Rita Farah, Aline Hajj, Marwan Akel, Souheil Hallit, Pascale Salameh
- Localización: Pharmacy Practice (Granada), ISSN-e 1886-3655, Vol. 17, Nº. 4, 2019 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Oct-Dec), págs. 1613-1615
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the quality of life and the factors associated with it among community pharmacists in Lebanon.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out between March and July 2018, enrolling 435 pharmacists, using a proportionate random sample of community pharmacies from all districts of Lebanon. The validated Arabic translation of the Short-Form 12 (SF12v2) was used to derive 2 summary scores: physical and mental component summaries (PCS and MCS).
Results: Lebanese community pharmacists scored a mean PCS-12 and MCS-12 of 48.9 (SD 7.1) and 48.8 (SD 8.5), respectively. Higher age (Beta= -0.08), having a PhD degree (Beta= -4.54), higher depression score (Beta= -0.25), higher emotional work fatigue (Beta= -0.13) and higher physical work fatigue (Beta=-0.14) were significantly associated with lower physical QoL (lower PCS-12 scores).
Increased stress (Beta= -0.17), higher insomnia (Beta= -0.21), higher depression (Beta= -0.2) and working for over 40 hours per week (Beta= -0.2) were significantly associated with lower mental QoL (lower mental MCS-12 scores).
Conclusions: Our research has found a strong correlation between quality of life and psychological factors, including stress, burnout, insomnia, and depression among community pharmacists.
