Emotional Burden among Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Cross Sectional Study

Carmen Baldonedo-Mosteiro, María-Pilar Mosteiro-Díaz (), Sara Franco-Correia and Adonina Tardón
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Carmen Baldonedo-Mosteiro: Centro Internacional de Postgrado, Universidad de Oviedo, 33003 Oviedo, Spain
María-Pilar Mosteiro-Díaz: Grupo de Investigación INEUROPA, Departamento de Medicina, Área de Enfermería, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
Sara Franco-Correia: Departamento de Medicina, Área de Enfermería, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
Adonina Tardón: Departamento de Medicina, Área de Salud Pública, Health Research Institute of Investigation (ISPA) and CIBERESP, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 17, 1-12

Abstract: This study aims to investigate the prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms among Spanish community pharmacists and pharmacy technicians during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown. A descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study was designed. An online survey was administered to participants from 4 to 21 April 2020 using a questionnaire assessing sociodemographic information and the Spanish version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Informed consent to participate was requested. Participants comprised 1162 pharmacy staff from Spain with an average age of 39.15 ± 9.718, from 20 to 65 years old, of whom 83% were women, and 50.6% were married. More than half of the participants expressed symptoms of depression (62.7%) and anxiety (70.9%). An important prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms has been detected among Spanish pharmacists and pharmacy technicians during the COVID-19 lockdown. Being a woman, smoking, feeling fear, feeling stress and believing that pharmacists/pharmacy technicians are very exposed to COVID-19 seem to be associated with higher HADS scores.

Keywords: anxiety; depression; pharmacist; pharmacy technician; community; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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