professional quality of life and emotional well-being among healthcare workers during the covid-19 pandemic in iran

Objective: healthcare workers (hcws) are among the highest groups impacted by the covid-19 pandemic.this study aimed to analyze professional quality of life (proqol) and its association with emotional well-beingin hcws during the pandemic.methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on hcws being in close contact with covid-19 patients iniran. the questionnaires assessing proqol, emotional well-being, and demographic and occupational characteristics were recruited via email or social media. the proqol was used to measure compassion fatigue (cf),burnout (bo) and compassion satisfaction (cs).results: among the respondents, 705 hcws were enrolled, including a higher proportion of physicians 449(63.7%), females 452 (64.1%), and married 486 (68.9%). the mean of participants’ work experience was 8.41 ±8.91 years. almost all of hcws showed moderate to high levels of cs (98.3%). also, most of hcws showed amoderate level of cf (96.3%), and the majority of them (76.6%) had a moderate level of bo. there were significant differences in the duration of contact with covid-19 patients for all three components of proqol andemotional well-being score. women had a higher level of bo than men (p=0.003). cs was significantly higherin married hcws than in singles (p=0.007). pearson correlation coefficient showed that cs had a negative relationship with cf and bo. however, there was a direct correlation between emotional well-being and the cs.conclusion: during the covid-19 pandemic, iranian hcws showed to have moderate to high levels of cs, anda moderate level of both cf and bo, and showed that emotional well-being had a direct correlation with cs.