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The correlation between the professional quality of life and job satisfaction of physicians and nurses currently working in COVID-19 areas of tertiary hospitals in Metro Manila and CALABARZON (Region IV-A)

Alessi Chloie T. Alvarez | Angelika Loren Y. Aleta | Lawrence Vincent Y. Aleta | Karina Nicole A. Almase | Mark Joel L. Aguit | Sarah Fayesi R. Al-Balawi | Alana Rae R. Alarcon | Alliah Shantal M. Alcantara | Janelle S. Alejandro | John Robert R. Almadin | Leopoldo P. Sison Jr. | Maribel Emma Co-Hidalgo

 

Abstract:

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic put the healthcare worker’s professional quality of life (ProQoL) and job satisfaction (JS) at risk. This study determined the correlation between ProQoL, and the nine facets of and overall JS of physicians and nurses working in COVID-19 areas in Metro Manila and CALABARZON tertiary hospitals. It also determined their demographics, and measured the ProQoL, and overall JS and its nine facets. Methods Physicians and nurses working in COVID-19 areas of tertiary hospitals in Metro Manila and CALABARZON were recruited and asked to answer the Professional Quality of Life Scale Version 5 and Job Satisfaction Survey. Correlation between ProQoL and JS was determined through Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Results High overall JS among 90 physician and nurse respondents correlated with high compassion satisfaction (? = 0.310), low burnout (? = -0.480) and secondary traumatic stress (? = -0.240). Correlations were found between ProQoL, and overall JS and pay, supervision, contingent rewards, coworkers, nature of work, and communication. A strong negative correlation between pay and burnout was observed (? = -0.500). Conclusion The overall JS of physicians and nurses has a moderate positive correlation with compassion satisfaction, moderate negative correlation with burnout, and low negative correlation with secondary traumatic stress. Pay and burnout have a strong negative relationship.