COVID-19 psychological impact in general practitioners: A longitudinal study.

Introduction: COVID-19 may have negatively impacted the mental health of front-line healthcare workers, including general practitioners (GPs). This study sought to assess the psychological impact (stress, burnout and self-efficacy) of the COVID-19 outbreak in French GPs.

Methods: We carried out a postal-based survey of all GPs who worked in the French region of Normandy (departments of Calvados, Manche and Orne) from the exhaustive database of the Union Régionale des Médecins libéraux (URML Normandie) as of 15th April 2020 (one month after the first French COVID-19 sanitary lockdown).

Psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in community pharmacists: A longitudinal study.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has negatively affected the mental health of frontline health care workers, including pharmacists.

Objectives: The aim of this longitudinal study was to assess the psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in French owner community pharmacists.

Methods: We conducted a postal-based survey to assess the psychological difficulties of the COVID-19 outbreak in French owner community pharmacists based on 3 psychologically validated self-report questionnaires: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Impact of Event Scale-revised (IES-R), and Maslach Burnout Inventory.