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Assessment of quality of work life (QWL) among healthcare staff of intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency unit during COVID-19 outbreak using WHOQoL-BREF

Bilal Maqsood M 1 , Ashraful Islam M 2 , Zeb-Un-Nisa 3 , Abbas Naqvi A 2 , Al Qarni A 1 , Fuad Al-Karasneh A 2 Show all authors , Iffat W 4 , Azizullah Ghori S 2 , Ather Ishaqui A 1 , Hasan Aljaffan A 1 , Alghamdi S 5 , Aref Albanghali M 6 , Jamal Mahrous A 7 , Shahid Iqbal M 8 , Hayat Khan A 9 , Haseeb A 7

Affiliations 

  • 1 King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Al Ahsa, Saudia Arabia
  • 2 Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Clinical Pharmacy, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal, University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
  • 3 Faculty of Pharmacy, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan
  • 4 Dow College of Pharmacy, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
  • 5 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Clinical Pharmacy, Albaha University, Al baha, Saudi Arabia
  • 6 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Albaha University, Al baha, Saudi Arabia
  • 7 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
  • 8 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia
  • 9 Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
Saudi Pharm J, 2021 Sep 20.
PMID: 34566456 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2021.09.002

Abstract

Objective: The study aimed to document the quality of work life (QWL) among healthcare staff of intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency unit during COVID-19 outbreak using WHOQoL-BREF.

Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted for two months (May - June 2020) among healthcare staff working in intensive care units (ICUs) and emergency units of the hospitals under National Guard Health Authority (NGHA) across five cities of Saudi Arabia. The study used the WHOQoL-BREF instrument to document the QWL through an electronic institutional survey. The data was analyzed through IBM SPSS version 23. The study was approved by an ethics committee.

Results: A total of 290 healthcare professionals responded to the survey. The mean overall quality of life score was 3.37 ± 0.97, general health = 3.66 ± 0.88, domains, i.e., physical = 11.67 ± 2.16, psychological = 13.08 ± 2.14, social = 13.22 ± 3.31 and environment = 12.38 ± 2.59. Respondents aged > 40 years, male gender, married status, being a physician and, having a work experience > 15 years and no extra working hours, had higher mean scores for several domains of Quality of life (QoL), overall QoL and general health (p < 0.05).

Conclusion: The QWL among healthcare staff during COVID-19 pandemic was low. Demographic factors were mainly the determinants for a higher QWL while extra working hours was determinant of lower QWL. Despite the pandemic, no COVID-19 related variable affected the work life of healthcare staff.

* Title and MeSH Headings from MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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