Influence of COVID-19 on Health-Related Quality of Life and the Perception of Being Vaccinated to Prevent COVID-19: An Approach for Community Pharmacists from Romania and Bulgaria
Community pharmacists are essential front-line health workers, involved in relieving the COVID-19 burden. Their health-related quality of life status needs to be assessed, as lower levels could affect their functioning. In order to evaluate the current status of community pharmacists’ quality of lif...
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| author | Adina Turcu-Stiolica Maria Bogdan Mihaela-Simona Subtirelu Andreea-Daniela Meca Adriana-Elena Taerel Irina Iaru Maria Kamusheva Guenka Petrova |
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| description | Community pharmacists are essential front-line health workers, involved in relieving the COVID-19 burden. Their health-related quality of life status needs to be assessed, as lower levels could affect their functioning. In order to evaluate the current status of community pharmacists’ quality of life from Romania and Bulgaria during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to identify factors associated with their decision on being vaccinated to prevent COVID-19, an online survey involving 395 community pharmacists was conducted from 15th July 2020 to 15th August 2020. The 15D instrument was used for quality-of-life assessment. The pharmacists’ recommendations for vitamin C and D intake during the COVID-19 pandemic were also analyzed in order to promote future training programs for community pharmacists. Descriptive statistics, comparative analyses between pharmacists from Romania and Bulgaria, and multiple correlation analyses were performed on the collected data. Significant differences were observed for the level of quality of life between the two groups of pharmacists according to their age; smaller values, directly correlated with their age (total 15D score and age: Spearman r = 0.168, <i>p</i> = 0.022), were obtained for Bulgarian pharmacists regarding sleeping, usual activities, mental function, discomfort and symptoms, depression, distress. The perception of being vaccinated did not differ between Romanian and Bulgarian pharmacists, as almost 50% agreed to vaccination (<i>p</i> = 0.7542). Their willingness to vaccinate was correlated with vitamin D usage (<i>p</i> = 0.0134), rather than with vitamin C (<i>p</i> = 0.4157). No other significant associations were found between willingness to get vaccinated to prevent COVID-19 and other characteristics (age, gender, income, quality-of-life markers). Evidence-based interventions are required to enhance the health-related quality of life of community pharmacists involved in the first line of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c01e94d2c5f442eca7928d5459ab4db22023-12-11T17:39:21ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832021-02-0110486410.3390/jcm10040864Influence of COVID-19 on Health-Related Quality of Life and the Perception of Being Vaccinated to Prevent COVID-19: An Approach for Community Pharmacists from Romania and BulgariaAdina Turcu-Stiolica0Maria Bogdan1Mihaela-Simona Subtirelu2Andreea-Daniela Meca3Adriana-Elena Taerel4Irina Iaru5Maria Kamusheva6Guenka Petrova7Department of Pharmacoeconomics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, RomaniaDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, RomaniaDepartment of Pharmacoeconomics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, RomaniaDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, RomaniaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Management, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, 020021 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Pharmacology, Physiology and Pathophysiology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDepartment of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, Medical University-Sofia, 1000 Sofia, BulgariaDepartment of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, Medical University-Sofia, 1000 Sofia, BulgariaCommunity pharmacists are essential front-line health workers, involved in relieving the COVID-19 burden. Their health-related quality of life status needs to be assessed, as lower levels could affect their functioning. In order to evaluate the current status of community pharmacists’ quality of life from Romania and Bulgaria during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to identify factors associated with their decision on being vaccinated to prevent COVID-19, an online survey involving 395 community pharmacists was conducted from 15th July 2020 to 15th August 2020. The 15D instrument was used for quality-of-life assessment. The pharmacists’ recommendations for vitamin C and D intake during the COVID-19 pandemic were also analyzed in order to promote future training programs for community pharmacists. Descriptive statistics, comparative analyses between pharmacists from Romania and Bulgaria, and multiple correlation analyses were performed on the collected data. Significant differences were observed for the level of quality of life between the two groups of pharmacists according to their age; smaller values, directly correlated with their age (total 15D score and age: Spearman r = 0.168, <i>p</i> = 0.022), were obtained for Bulgarian pharmacists regarding sleeping, usual activities, mental function, discomfort and symptoms, depression, distress. The perception of being vaccinated did not differ between Romanian and Bulgarian pharmacists, as almost 50% agreed to vaccination (<i>p</i> = 0.7542). Their willingness to vaccinate was correlated with vitamin D usage (<i>p</i> = 0.0134), rather than with vitamin C (<i>p</i> = 0.4157). No other significant associations were found between willingness to get vaccinated to prevent COVID-19 and other characteristics (age, gender, income, quality-of-life markers). Evidence-based interventions are required to enhance the health-related quality of life of community pharmacists involved in the first line of the COVID-19 pandemic.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/4/864quality of life15DCOVID-19vaccinationcommunity pharmacists |
| spellingShingle | Adina Turcu-Stiolica Maria Bogdan Mihaela-Simona Subtirelu Andreea-Daniela Meca Adriana-Elena Taerel Irina Iaru Maria Kamusheva Guenka Petrova Influence of COVID-19 on Health-Related Quality of Life and the Perception of Being Vaccinated to Prevent COVID-19: An Approach for Community Pharmacists from Romania and Bulgaria Journal of Clinical Medicine quality of life 15D COVID-19 vaccination community pharmacists |
| title | Influence of COVID-19 on Health-Related Quality of Life and the Perception of Being Vaccinated to Prevent COVID-19: An Approach for Community Pharmacists from Romania and Bulgaria |
| title_full | Influence of COVID-19 on Health-Related Quality of Life and the Perception of Being Vaccinated to Prevent COVID-19: An Approach for Community Pharmacists from Romania and Bulgaria |
| title_fullStr | Influence of COVID-19 on Health-Related Quality of Life and the Perception of Being Vaccinated to Prevent COVID-19: An Approach for Community Pharmacists from Romania and Bulgaria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influence of COVID-19 on Health-Related Quality of Life and the Perception of Being Vaccinated to Prevent COVID-19: An Approach for Community Pharmacists from Romania and Bulgaria |
| title_short | Influence of COVID-19 on Health-Related Quality of Life and the Perception of Being Vaccinated to Prevent COVID-19: An Approach for Community Pharmacists from Romania and Bulgaria |
| title_sort | influence of covid 19 on health related quality of life and the perception of being vaccinated to prevent covid 19 an approach for community pharmacists from romania and bulgaria |
| topic | quality of life 15D COVID-19 vaccination community pharmacists |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/4/864 |
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