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QUALITY OF LIFE OF HEALTH WORKER WHO PARTICIPATED PREVENTION/ CONTROL IN COVID-19 EPIDEMIC
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The pandemic of the COVID-19 epidemic around the world; it has a great impact on the psychology of all people, especially the health workers at the frontline. The objective of the study is to describe the quality of life of health workers involved in the prevention/control of COVID-19. A cross-sectional descriptive study on 362 health workers participating in disease prevention/control at some hospitals in Hanoi City. The results showed that according to the EQ-5D-5L quality of life scale, 7.8% had problems walking, 2.5% had problems with daily activities, 4.5% had problems with daily activities. take care of yourself; 11.8% had pain/discomfort and 12.6% had anxiety and depression problems. The average score of EQ-5D-5L is 0.97 (SD=0.06). The study shows that the quality-of-life status of health workers directly involved in the treatment of COVID-19 patients is average and does not differ much from that of health workers participating in disease prevention/control at other levels
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COVID-19, Health worker, Quality of life
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