Quality of Life among Health Professionals during COVID-19: A Narrative Review Article

Abstract

In 2019, the coronavirus disease pandemic affected quality of life of health personnel who have been on front lines in coping with COVID-19studied cases. And due to that, all health professionals (HPs) are under pandemic conditions like COVID-19. emergence of COVID-19pandemic has produced several diversions in keeping of quality of life of doctors and nurses by deviations from normal physical, mental, & social well-being aspects, so in this article, we aimed to map the studies on quality of life of health professionals throughout COVID-19pandemic. We made study of MEDLINE by PubMed & Web of Science [Science Citation Index Expanded), Social Sciences Citation Index, & Emerging Sources Citation Index] of all scientific literature published from May2020until April 2023. Summary: evidence to date indicates that female nurses with close contact with COVID-19studied cases could have most to gain from efforts wanted to support psychological well-being. Nevertheless, inconsistencies in results & lack of data assembled outside of hospital settings recommend that we must not exclude any groups when addressing psychological well-being in health & social care workers. Although psychological interventions designed to improve resilience in individuals could be of value, it has been marked that to build resilient workforce, occupational & environmental factors ought to be addressed. An additional study containing social care workers & analysis of wider societal structural factors has been recommended.