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

Muhammad Bilal Maqsood; Md Ashraful Islam; Zeb un Nisa; Atta Abbas Naqvi; Ali Al Qarni; Aseel Fuad Al-karasneh; Wajiha Iffat; Syed Azizullah Ghori; Azfar Ather Ishaqui; Akram Hasan Aljaffan; Saleh Alghamdi; Mohammad Aref Albanghali; Ahmad Jamal Mahrous; Muhammad Shahid Iqbal; Amer Hayat Khan; Abdul Haseeb

doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2021.09.002

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

Muhammad Bilal Maqsood
, Md Ashraful Islam
, Zeb un Nisa
, Atta Abbas Naqvi
, Ali Al Qarni
, Aseel Fuad Al-karasneh
, Wajiha Iffat
, Syed Azizullah Ghori
, Azfar Ather Ishaqui
, Akram Hasan Aljaffan
, Saleh Alghamdi
, Mohammad Aref Albanghali
, Ahmad Jamal Mahrous
, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal
, Amer Hayat Khan
, Abdul Haseeb

Clinical Pharmacy

King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Swiss Business School
King Abdulaziz Hospital Al Ahsa National Guard
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Ziauddin University
National Guard Hospital
Dow University of Health Sciences
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Dubai Health Authority
Al Baha University
Umm Al-Qura University

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Objective: The study aimed to document the quality of work life (QWL) among healthcare staff of intensive care units (ICUs) and emergency units during COVID-19 outbreak using the 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 the 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 the variable of extra working hours was a determinant of lower QWL. Despite the pandemic, no COVID-19 related variables affected the work life of healthcare staff.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1348-1354
Number of pages	7
Journal	Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
Volume	29
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2021.09.002
State	Published - Nov 2021

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

COVID-19
Health personnel
Health services
Quality of work life (QWL)
Saudi Arabia

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Maqsood, M. B., Islam, M. A., Nisa, Z. U., Naqvi, A. A., Al Qarni, A., Al-karasneh, A. F., Iffat, W., Ghori, S. A., Ishaqui, A. A., Aljaffan, A. H., Alghamdi, S., Albanghali, M. A., Mahrous, A. J., Iqbal, M. S., Khan, A. H., & Haseeb, A. (2021). 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. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 29(11), 1348-1354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2021.09.002

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Maqsood, MB, Islam, MA, Nisa, ZU, Naqvi, AA, Al Qarni, A, Al-karasneh, AF, Iffat, W, Ghori, SA, Ishaqui, AA, Aljaffan, AH, Alghamdi, S, Albanghali, MA, Mahrous, AJ, Iqbal, MS, Khan, AH & Haseeb, A 2021, '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', Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, vol. 29, no. 11, pp. 1348-1354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2021.09.002

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