“…11 In addition, primary care settings are affected by the high patient-to-provider ratio and the fear of lower-quality care due to a decreasing number of providers. 11 The additional stress of the COVID-19 pandemic was revealed in a qualitative study in which interviews of 33 primary care staff members showed that although the initial response to the pandemic resulted in support from management, development opportunities, and feelings of being needed, as the pandemic became a chronic stressor, staff showed more characteristics of burnout. 12 In a qualitative study, primary care nurses and physicians identified several challenging work issues and sources of stress, including collaboration barriers, technology and documentation problems, unreasonable work tasks, lack of access to necessary resources, and increased workload.…”