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Quality of life among health care workers in Arab countries 2 years after COVID-19 pandemic

BACKGROUND: Assessment of the quality of life (QoL) among healthcare workers (HCWs) is vital for better healthcare and is an essential indicator for competent health service delivery. Since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic strike, the frontline position of HCWs subjected them to trem...

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Autores principales: Ghazy, Ramy Mohamed, Abubakar Fiidow, Osman, Abdullah, Fatimah Saed Alabd, Elbarazi, Iffat, Ismail, Ismail Ibrahim, Alqutub, Sulafa Tarek, Bouraad, Etwal, Hammouda, Esraa Abdellatif, Tahoun, Mohamed Mostafa, Mehdad, Silmane, Ashmawy, Rasha, Zamzam, Abdulla, Elhassan, Osama Mohamed, Al Jahdhami, Qasim Mohamed, Bouguerra, Hind, Kammoun Rebai, Wafaa, Yasin, Lina, Jaradat, Esraa Mustafa, Elhadi, Yasir Ahmed Mohammed, Sallam, Malik
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9669412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36408035
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.917128
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author Ghazy, Ramy Mohamed
Abubakar Fiidow, Osman
Abdullah, Fatimah Saed Alabd
Elbarazi, Iffat
Ismail, Ismail Ibrahim
Alqutub, Sulafa Tarek
Bouraad, Etwal
Hammouda, Esraa Abdellatif
Tahoun, Mohamed Mostafa
Mehdad, Silmane
Ashmawy, Rasha
Zamzam, Abdulla
Elhassan, Osama Mohamed
Al Jahdhami, Qasim Mohamed
Bouguerra, Hind
Kammoun Rebai, Wafaa
Yasin, Lina
Jaradat, Esraa Mustafa
Elhadi, Yasir Ahmed Mohammed
Sallam, Malik
author_facet Ghazy, Ramy Mohamed
Abubakar Fiidow, Osman
Abdullah, Fatimah Saed Alabd
Elbarazi, Iffat
Ismail, Ismail Ibrahim
Alqutub, Sulafa Tarek
Bouraad, Etwal
Hammouda, Esraa Abdellatif
Tahoun, Mohamed Mostafa
Mehdad, Silmane
Ashmawy, Rasha
Zamzam, Abdulla
Elhassan, Osama Mohamed
Al Jahdhami, Qasim Mohamed
Bouguerra, Hind
Kammoun Rebai, Wafaa
Yasin, Lina
Jaradat, Esraa Mustafa
Elhadi, Yasir Ahmed Mohammed
Sallam, Malik
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description BACKGROUND: Assessment of the quality of life (QoL) among healthcare workers (HCWs) is vital for better healthcare and is an essential indicator for competent health service delivery. Since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic strike, the frontline position of HCWs subjected them to tremendous mental and psychological burden with a high risk of virus acquisition. AIM: This study evaluated the QoL and its influencing factors among HCWs residing in the Arab countries. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study using a self-administered online questionnaire based on the World Health Organization QoL-BREF instrument with additional questions related to COVID-19. The study was conducted in three different languages (Arabic, English, and French) across 19 Arab countries between February 22 and March 24, 2022. RESULTS: A total of 3,170 HCWs were included in the survey. The majority were females (75.3%), aged 18–40 years (76.4%), urban residents (90.4%), married (54.5%), and were living in middle-income countries (72.0%). The mean scores of general health and general QoL were 3.7 ± 1.0 and 3.7 ± 0.9, respectively. Those who attained average physical, psychological, social, and environmental QoL were 40.8, 15.4, 26.2, and 22.3%, respectively. The income per capita and country income affected the mean scores of all QoL domains. Previous COVID-19 infection, having relatives who died of COVID-19, and being vaccinated against COVID-19 significantly affected the mean scores of different domains. CONCLUSION: A large proportion of the Arab HCWs evaluated in this study had an overall poor QoL. More attention should be directed to this vulnerable group to ensure their productivity and service provision.
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spelling pubmed-96694122022-11-18 Quality of life among health care workers in Arab countries 2 years after COVID-19 pandemic Ghazy, Ramy Mohamed Abubakar Fiidow, Osman Abdullah, Fatimah Saed Alabd Elbarazi, Iffat Ismail, Ismail Ibrahim Alqutub, Sulafa Tarek Bouraad, Etwal Hammouda, Esraa Abdellatif Tahoun, Mohamed Mostafa Mehdad, Silmane Ashmawy, Rasha Zamzam, Abdulla Elhassan, Osama Mohamed Al Jahdhami, Qasim Mohamed Bouguerra, Hind Kammoun Rebai, Wafaa Yasin, Lina Jaradat, Esraa Mustafa Elhadi, Yasir Ahmed Mohammed Sallam, Malik Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: Assessment of the quality of life (QoL) among healthcare workers (HCWs) is vital for better healthcare and is an essential indicator for competent health service delivery. Since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic strike, the frontline position of HCWs subjected them to tremendous mental and psychological burden with a high risk of virus acquisition. AIM: This study evaluated the QoL and its influencing factors among HCWs residing in the Arab countries. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study using a self-administered online questionnaire based on the World Health Organization QoL-BREF instrument with additional questions related to COVID-19. The study was conducted in three different languages (Arabic, English, and French) across 19 Arab countries between February 22 and March 24, 2022. RESULTS: A total of 3,170 HCWs were included in the survey. The majority were females (75.3%), aged 18–40 years (76.4%), urban residents (90.4%), married (54.5%), and were living in middle-income countries (72.0%). The mean scores of general health and general QoL were 3.7 ± 1.0 and 3.7 ± 0.9, respectively. Those who attained average physical, psychological, social, and environmental QoL were 40.8, 15.4, 26.2, and 22.3%, respectively. The income per capita and country income affected the mean scores of all QoL domains. Previous COVID-19 infection, having relatives who died of COVID-19, and being vaccinated against COVID-19 significantly affected the mean scores of different domains. CONCLUSION: A large proportion of the Arab HCWs evaluated in this study had an overall poor QoL. More attention should be directed to this vulnerable group to ensure their productivity and service provision. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9669412/ /pubmed/36408035 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.917128 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ghazy, Abubakar Fiidow, Abdullah, Elbarazi, Ismail, Alqutub, Bouraad, Hammouda, Tahoun, Mehdad, Ashmawy, Zamzam, Elhassan, Al Jahdhami, Bouguerra, Kammoun Rebai, Yasin, Jaradat, Elhadi and Sallam. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Public Health
Ghazy, Ramy Mohamed
Abubakar Fiidow, Osman
Abdullah, Fatimah Saed Alabd
Elbarazi, Iffat
Ismail, Ismail Ibrahim
Alqutub, Sulafa Tarek
Bouraad, Etwal
Hammouda, Esraa Abdellatif
Tahoun, Mohamed Mostafa
Mehdad, Silmane
Ashmawy, Rasha
Zamzam, Abdulla
Elhassan, Osama Mohamed
Al Jahdhami, Qasim Mohamed
Bouguerra, Hind
Kammoun Rebai, Wafaa
Yasin, Lina
Jaradat, Esraa Mustafa
Elhadi, Yasir Ahmed Mohammed
Sallam, Malik
Quality of life among health care workers in Arab countries 2 years after COVID-19 pandemic
title Quality of life among health care workers in Arab countries 2 years after COVID-19 pandemic
title_full Quality of life among health care workers in Arab countries 2 years after COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Quality of life among health care workers in Arab countries 2 years after COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Quality of life among health care workers in Arab countries 2 years after COVID-19 pandemic
title_short Quality of life among health care workers in Arab countries 2 years after COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort quality of life among health care workers in arab countries 2 years after covid-19 pandemic
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9669412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36408035
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.917128
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