Health-related Quality of Life among Community Pharmacists

Iqbal, Muhammad Shahid and Al-Saikhan, Fahad I. and Ahmed, Nehad J. and Iqbal, Muhammad Zahid (2020) Health-related Quality of Life among Community Pharmacists. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International, 32 (4). pp. 38-47. ISSN 2456-9119

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Abstract

Introduction: The role of community pharmacists (CPs) has kept on changing. Due to the evolving role of CPs, it is important to know its impact on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among CPs. Besides, the literature on the HRQoL of CPs is not being enriched, there is an urge to carry out a study to evaluate the HRQoL among CPs. This study aimed to examine the association between the socio-demographic factors and the HR QoLamong CPs.

Methodology: A set of questions related to the HRQoL has been adopted from a pre-validated questionnaire, the Duke Health Profile and contextualized it to measure study outcomes. The target population in this study was the registered CPs that were practicing. The site of the study included all the chain and independent pharmacies. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22.0 was used to analyze the data and the significance level was set at p≤ 0.05. Various domains of the Duke Health Profile (DHP) were calculated using the provided formula.

Results: A total of 172 respondents were included in this study. Several HRQoL domains were significantly associated with socio-demographic factors. The univariate analysis illustrated that mental and general health state had significant associations with age, practice setting was significantly associated with the mental health state, the salary was significantly associated with self-esteem and mental health was significantly associated with length of service and practice setting. Dysfunction dimensions of anxiety, anxiety-depression, and pain were significantly associated with gender.

Conclusion: Gender, age, length of service, salary and practice setting were the risk factors for HRQoL among CPs.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: ScienceOpen Library > Medical Science
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 30 Mar 2023 06:33
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2024 04:17
URI: http://scholar.researcherseuropeans.com/id/eprint/842

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