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Research

Needs assessment and impact of COVID-19 on pharmacy professionals in 31 commonwealth countries

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Article: 72 | Received 21 Jul 2020, Accepted 07 Oct 2020, Published online: 04 Dec 2023

Figures & data

Table 1 Country distribution of responses from pharmacy professionals (pharmacists and pharmacy technicians), (n = 545)

Fig. 1 How worried respondents were on the impact of COVID-19 on them personally and the pharmacy profession in their country (n = 545)

Fig. 1 How worried respondents were on the impact of COVID-19 on them personally and the pharmacy profession in their country (n = 545)

Fig. 2 Percentage of respondents reporting needing to work remotely, according to work setting (n = 531)

Fig. 2 Percentage of respondents reporting needing to work remotely, according to work setting (n = 531)

Table 2 Top three challenges facing pharmacy professionals with remote working (n = 545)

Table 3 Impact of social distancing on workload of pharmacy profession (n = 440)

Fig. 3 Percentage of respondents with previous involvement in a global health emergency (n = 522) or previous training on emergency preparedness (n = 518)

Fig. 3 Percentage of respondents with previous involvement in a global health emergency (n = 522) or previous training on emergency preparedness (n = 518)

Table 4 Support needed to better equip the pharmacy profession to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 545)

Table 5 Percentage of respondents who answered each key knowledge question correctly (n = 264)

Supplemental material

Additional file 1. Completed CHERRIES checklist for web-based studies for the survey.

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Additional file 2. CPA impact of COVID-19 and Pharmacy Needs Assessment Survey Tool.

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Availability of data and materials

The datasets during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.