British pharmacists' work-life balance – is it a problem?

Seston, Elizabeth; Hassell, Karen

doi:10.1111/ijpp.12040

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“…Regarding professional stressors, respondents' comments ( Table 3) included both external and individual factors, which is consistent with previously published literature. 1,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] Regarding the question about what interferes with respondents' ability to meet expectations in their professional lives, 2 other themes emerged, namely (1) health and (2) striving for perfection. Comments related to health, often times related to not having time to maintain a healthy lifestyle, being lonely, suffering anxiety and depression, and mental fatigue.…”

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“…There is an abundance of reported research that describes pharmacists' job stress, job satisfaction, professional commitment, work motivation, work overload, burnout, and job turnover. [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] There is evidence that stress levels are rising for student pharmacists 38,39 and pharmacy residents as well. [40][41][42][43][44] Recent literature showed that 61% of clinical pharmacists practicing in hospital settings reported signs of burnout in 2016, 33 and 53% of health-system pharmacists exhibited high burnout on at least 1 subscale of the Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS).…”

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Pharmacist and student pharmacist views of professional and personal well-being and resilience

Schommer¹,

Gaither²,

Goode³

et al. 2020

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

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Pharmacist and student pharmacist views of professional and personal well-being and resilience

Schommer¹,

Gaither²,

Goode³

et al. 2020

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

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“… 30 Finally, we found that accessible training to improve the skills in the pharmacy workforce, sufficient time and a collaborative multidisciplinary approach are required to develop the community pharmacist role in this area, echoing previous research. 14 17 31 34 35 …”

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Role of community pharmacists in the use of antipsychotics for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD): a qualitative study

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ObjectiveThis study aimed to use qualitative methodology to understand the current role of community pharmacists in limiting the use of antipsychotics prescribed inappropriately for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.DesignA qualitative study employing focus groups was conducted. Data were analysed using thematic analysis.Setting3 different geographical locations in the England.ParticipantsCommunity pharmacists (n=22).ResultsThe focus groups identified an array of factors and constraints, which affect the ability of community pharmacists to contribute to initiatives to limit the use of antipsychotics. 3 key themes were revealed: (1) politics and the medical hierarchy, which created communication barriers; (2) how resources and remit impact the effectiveness of community pharmacy; and (3) understanding the nature of the treatment of dementia.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that an improvement in communication between community pharmacists and healthcare professionals, especially general practitioners (GPs) must occur in order for community pharmacists to assist in limiting the use of antipsychotics in people with dementia. Additionally, extra training in working with people with dementia is required. Thus, an intervention which involves appropriately trained pharmacists working in collaboration with GPs and other caregivers is required. Overall, within the current environment, community pharmacists question the extent to which they can contribute in helping to reduce the prescription of antipsychotics.

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“…Pharmacists’ work environments and the amount and type of work performed can influence pharmacists’ quality of work life [ 1 , 2 , 3 ] and their level of work performance [ 4 ]. Pharmacist “quality of work life” research has investigated a variety of constructs such as job stress, level of control, job satisfaction, commitment to their profession and their employing organization, work motivation, and role overload [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 ]. These constructs have been associated with burnout, job turnover, and work performance and the findings have been used for improving pharmacist work systems, work processes, and patient safety [ 5 , 6 , 12 , 31 , 34 ].…”

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Associations between Work Activity and Work Setting Categories and Dimensions of Pharmacists’ Quality of Work Life

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The goal for this study was to use data from the most recently conducted National Pharmacist Workforce Survey to compare eight components of quality of work life for actively practicing pharmacists in the United States categorized by (1) work activity and (2) work setting. The eight components of quality of work life were: (1) time stress; (2) responsibility stress; (3) level of control; (4) work in harmony with home life; (5) home life in harmony with work; (6) job satisfaction; (7) professional commitment; and (8) organizational commitment. Data for this study were obtained from the 2014 National Pharmacist Workforce Survey. For inclusion in analysis, respondents needed to report that they were practicing as a pharmacist. In addition, they needed to provide usable responses for both their percent time devoted to medication providing and to patient care services. This resulted in a total of 1191 responses for the analysis. Data were analyzed using cluster analysis, factor analysis, Cronbach coefficient alpha, chi-square analysis, ANOVA, and linear regression. The findings provide a description of pharmacists’ quality of work life in 2014 and show how type of work, variety of work, and work setting categories are associated with quality of work life for pharmacists.

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British pharmacists' work-life balance – is it a problem?

Abstract: Pharmacy employers and government should recognise the changing demographic characteristics of the profession and consider what support might be available to the workforce to help alleviate work/life balance problems being experienced by certain groups of pharmacists.

Cited by 23 publications

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Pharmacist and student pharmacist views of professional and personal well-being and resilience

Pharmacist and student pharmacist views of professional and personal well-being and resilience

Role of community pharmacists in the use of antipsychotics for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD): a qualitative study

Associations between Work Activity and Work Setting Categories and Dimensions of Pharmacists’ Quality of Work Life

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