Quality of life at work for health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

OBJECTIVE

to evaluate the quality of life at work of health professionals in direct and indirect care of COVID-19 cases.

METHODS

this was a cross-sectional study with 156 health professionals from a referral hospital. The relationship between sociodemographic and work-related variables and perceived stress and domains of the Quality of Life at Work Scale was investigated using inferential statistics and regression.

RESULTS

Satisfaction with Compassion was moderate (mean: 38.2), with low perception of stress, Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress (means: 18.8, 21.6 and 19.1). There were associations between: education, salary, multiple jobs and direct care with Compassion Satisfaction; low income, being a nurse and working overtime with Burnout; and working more than 12 hours, underlying disease and hospitalization for COVID-19 with Secondary Traumatic Stress.

CONCLUSION

quality of life at work was satisfactory, despite the presence of Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress.