Pharmacists’ Mental Health during the First Two Years of the Pandemic: A Socio-Ecological Scoping Review
Healthcare workers have been under a great deal of stress and have been experiencing burnout throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Among these, healthcare workers are pharmacists who have been instrumental in the fight against the pandemic. This scoping review examined the impact of the pandemic on phar...
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| author | Liam Ishaky Myuri Sivanthan Mina Tadrous Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia Lisa McCarthy Andrew Papadopoulos Basem Gohar |
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| description | Healthcare workers have been under a great deal of stress and have been experiencing burnout throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Among these, healthcare workers are pharmacists who have been instrumental in the fight against the pandemic. This scoping review examined the impact of the pandemic on pharmacists’ mental health and their antecedents using three databases (CINAHL, MEDLINE, and PsycINFO). Eligible studies included primary research articles that examined the mental health antecedents and outcomes among pharmacists during the first two years of the pandemic. We used the Social Ecological Model to categorize antecedents per outcome. The initial search yielded 4165 articles, and 23 met the criteria. The scoping review identified pharmacists experiencing poor mental health during the pandemic, including anxiety, burnout, depression, and job stress. In addition, several individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy-level antecedents were identified. As this review revealed a general decline in pharmacists’ mental health during the pandemic, further research is required to understand the long-term impacts of the pandemic on pharmacists. Furthermore, we recommend practical mitigation strategies to improve pharmacists’ mental health, such as implementing crisis/pandemic preparedness protocols and leadership training to foster a better workplace culture. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b9c9593c7dc64f839eab5d38c2c3afb82023-11-17T20:56:10ZengMDPI AGPharmacy2226-47872023-03-011126410.3390/pharmacy11020064Pharmacists’ Mental Health during the First Two Years of the Pandemic: A Socio-Ecological Scoping ReviewLiam Ishaky0Myuri Sivanthan1Mina Tadrous2Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia3Lisa McCarthy4Andrew Papadopoulos5Basem Gohar6Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaDepartment of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaLeslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, 144 College St, Toronto, ON M5S 3M2, CanadaDepartment of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, 500 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1V7, CanadaLeslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, 144 College St, Toronto, ON M5S 3M2, CanadaDepartment of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaDepartment of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaHealthcare workers have been under a great deal of stress and have been experiencing burnout throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Among these, healthcare workers are pharmacists who have been instrumental in the fight against the pandemic. This scoping review examined the impact of the pandemic on pharmacists’ mental health and their antecedents using three databases (CINAHL, MEDLINE, and PsycINFO). Eligible studies included primary research articles that examined the mental health antecedents and outcomes among pharmacists during the first two years of the pandemic. We used the Social Ecological Model to categorize antecedents per outcome. The initial search yielded 4165 articles, and 23 met the criteria. The scoping review identified pharmacists experiencing poor mental health during the pandemic, including anxiety, burnout, depression, and job stress. In addition, several individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy-level antecedents were identified. As this review revealed a general decline in pharmacists’ mental health during the pandemic, further research is required to understand the long-term impacts of the pandemic on pharmacists. Furthermore, we recommend practical mitigation strategies to improve pharmacists’ mental health, such as implementing crisis/pandemic preparedness protocols and leadership training to foster a better workplace culture.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/11/2/64mental healthpharmacistspandemicantecedentsSocial Ecological Modelscoping review |
| spellingShingle | Liam Ishaky Myuri Sivanthan Mina Tadrous Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia Lisa McCarthy Andrew Papadopoulos Basem Gohar Pharmacists’ Mental Health during the First Two Years of the Pandemic: A Socio-Ecological Scoping Review Pharmacy mental health pharmacists pandemic antecedents Social Ecological Model scoping review |
| title | Pharmacists’ Mental Health during the First Two Years of the Pandemic: A Socio-Ecological Scoping Review |
| title_full | Pharmacists’ Mental Health during the First Two Years of the Pandemic: A Socio-Ecological Scoping Review |
| title_fullStr | Pharmacists’ Mental Health during the First Two Years of the Pandemic: A Socio-Ecological Scoping Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pharmacists’ Mental Health during the First Two Years of the Pandemic: A Socio-Ecological Scoping Review |
| title_short | Pharmacists’ Mental Health during the First Two Years of the Pandemic: A Socio-Ecological Scoping Review |
| title_sort | pharmacists mental health during the first two years of the pandemic a socio ecological scoping review |
| topic | mental health pharmacists pandemic antecedents Social Ecological Model scoping review |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/11/2/64 |
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