Perceived social support and professional quality of life of health professionals during COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the perceived social support and professional quality of life (ProQOL) among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal, encompassing both positive (compassion satisfaction) and negative (compassion fatigue) dimensions as well as the factors associated with them.

Design

A cross-sectional web-based study.

Setting

Nepal PARTICIPANTS: We carried out a convenience sampling technique to enrol 313 health professionals aged 18-60 years old.

Outcome measures

We employed the ProQOL V.5 questionnaire (comparing 30 self-report items) and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support with 12 items to assess the ProQOL and social support, respectively. A χ² test was performed to determine associated factors of differen

SUBMITTER: Singh BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11328656 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature