biostudies-literatureUnknown14(5)Singh BK<h4>Objective</h4>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.<h4>Design</h4>A cross-sectional web-based study.<h4>Setting</h4>Nepal PARTICIPANTS: We carried out a convenience sampling technique to enrol 313 health professionals aged 18-60 years old.<h4>Outcome measures</h4>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 different dimensions of ProQOL.<h4>Results</h4>The study included a total of 313 participants, mostly consisting of frontline health workers. More than one-third of the participants worked in places where precautionary measures were insufficient. However, the majority of them (73.8%) had high social support. Concerning the ProQOL, the percentage of health professionals that had moderate compassion satisfaction (CS), moderate Burnout (BO) and moderate secondary traumatic stress (STS) were 57.5%, 58.2% and 75.4%, respectively. Factors like sex, marital status, profession, work-shift, type of health institution and status of precautionary measures at the workplace were associated with the different dimensions of ProQOL at the significance level of 0.05.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This study findings revealed a considerable proportion of BO and STS among health professionals during COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal. Implementation of appropriate interventions and support systems are needed to enhance CS, alleviate BO and mitigate STS among health professionals to combat future health emergencies.BMJ opene085535https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11328656biostudies-literaturePerceived social support and professional quality of life of health professionals during COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal: a cross-sectional study.PMC11328656Singh BKBista PRPahari DPHumagain UPandey SfalsePerceived social support and professional quality of life of health professionals during COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal: a cross-sectional study.<h4>Objective</h4>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.<h4>Design</h4>A cross-sectional web-based study.<h4>Setting</h4>Nepal PARTICIPANTS: We carried out a convenience sampling technique to enrol 313 health professionals aged 18-60 years old.<h4>Outcome measures</h4>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 different dimensions of ProQOL.<h4>Results</h4>The study included a total of 313 participants, mostly consisting of frontline health workers. More than one-third of the participants worked in places where precautionary measures were insufficient. However, the majority of them (73.8%) had high social support. Concerning the ProQOL, the percentage of health professionals that had moderate compassion satisfaction (CS), moderate Burnout (BO) and moderate secondary traumatic stress (STS) were 57.5%, 58.2% and 75.4%, respectively. Factors like sex, marital status, profession, work-shift, type of health institution and status of precautionary measures at the workplace were associated with the different dimensions of ProQOL at the significance level of 0.05.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This study findings revealed a considerable proportion of BO and STS among health professionals during COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal. Implementation of appropriate interventions and support systems are needed to enhance CS, alleviate BO and mitigate STS among health professionals to combat future health emergencies.2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 May2025-04-26T21:23:19.51Z2025-04-06T16:45:35.862ZS-EPMC113286563880325010.1136/bmjopen-2024-085535