Research Status of Job Stress of Hospital Pharmacists and Its Measurement Methods / 中国药房

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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE：To analyze the job stress of hospital pharmacists and its measurement methods，and to provide reference for improving the quality of related researches about the work stress of hospital pharmacists. METHODS：Related literatures about the job stress of hospital pharmacists were retrieved from CJFD，VIP，Wanfang database，Web of Science， SciFinder，Springer Link and other databases during database establishment to Aug. 2019，using“Hospital”“Pharmacist”“Stress” “Scale”as Chinese keywords，“Hospital”“Pharmacist”“Stress”“Pressure”“Scale”as English keywords. The research status was explored，and the measurement methods for work stress of hospital pharmacists were summarized. RESULTS：There were many researches on the job stress of pharmacists at abroad，including the stress status，causes，the results of stress，the model of action mechanism，etc.，but there were some problems such as long time ago and outdated data；while the related researches in China were relatively rare，and there was still a lack of comprehensive and systematic research on the job stress of hospital pharmacists. Most researches at home and abroad used the scale to measure job stress of hospital pharmacists，including the special scale for hospital pharmacists（such as the pressure source scale and the pressure list of hospital pharmacists）and the general scale for general employees（such as health occupational stress survey，work stress items and perceived psychological stress scale）. Among them，pressure source scale of hospital pharmacists was relatively consistent with the job characteristics of hospital pharmacists in China，while the other scales had problems of less coverage，too many items，and not conforming to job characteristics of hospital pharmacists in China. CONCLUSIONS：In order to improve the research quality related to job stress of hospital pharmacists，it is necessary to adjust the existing scale or develop a new measurement scale in order to measure the real work pressure of Chinese hospital pharmacists and provide reference for improving the quality of work of hospital pharmacists and improving the level of clinical pharmaceutical care