AUTHOR=Alfaifi Amal Jaber , Abdaly Ahmed Yahia , Alallah Sultan Musa , Zaino Mohammad , El-Setouhy Maged 

TITLE=Mental health variables affecting Quality of Life (QOL) among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Jazan City, Saudi Arabia

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=15

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1453494

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1453494

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec id="sec1"><title>Background</title><p>Health workers directly involved in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients with COVID-19 are at risk of developing mental health symptoms.</p></sec><sec id="sec2"><title>Objective</title><p>The study aimed to assess the quality of life (QoL) of healthcare workers at Prince Mohammed bin Nasser Tertiary Hospital in Jazan during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the relationship between QoL and stress, anxiety, and depression. Pandemic.</p></sec><sec id="sec3"><title>Methods</title><p>This was a cross-sectional study conducted among healthcare workers at Prince Mohammed bin Nasser Hospital in the Jazan. The study included a sample of 352 healthcare workers. Data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire pertaining to sociodemographic characteristics and the 21-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scale questionnaire, SF-36, for QoL. Descriptive statistics, frequencies, and percentages were used. A chi-squared test was performed to compare categorical data. A one-way ANOVA was performed to compare the effect of disorder variables on QoL. Multiple linear regression analyses were carried out to discern the differences between the different groups of participants in QoL measures.</p></sec><sec id="sec4"><title>Results</title><p>Our results showed a poor QoL among those with a chronic disease (<italic>p</italic> = 0.002), who worked in the COVID-19 department (<italic>p</italic> = 0.030) and those who experienced the death of relatives or friends due to COVID-19 (<italic>p</italic> = 0.003).</p></sec><sec id="sec5"><title>Conclusion</title><p>Healthcare workers, particularly those with chronic diseases or who had lost relatives to COVID-19, exhibited significantly lower QoL levels, especially those working directly in COVID-19 departments.</p></sec>