Well-being of Healthcare professionals in India during COVID-19 pandemic

The aim of the study was three fold a) to assess the suitability of the CAS and OCS questionnaires for employed Indian healthcare professionals b) to examine the effect of COVID-19 anxiety, obsession with COVID-19 and work engagement on mental health at work among employed Indian healthcare professionals c) to examine which demographic variables impacted COVID-19 anxiety. It uses the tools of Corona anxiety scale (CAS; Lee, 2020a), Obsession with corona scale (OCS; Lee, 2020b), 2.2.3 Utrecht work engagement scale (Schaufeli & Bakker 2003) nine item version, and 2.2.4 Job-related affective well-being scale by Katwyk, et al. (2000), consisting of 20 item version. Additionally, general questions were asked about fear of being physically beaten up by patients or their families due to lack of equipment to treat them (like ventilators), satisfaction with current monetary situation during the COVID 19 pandemic phase, having a previous diagnosis of clinical anxiety disorder by a health worker like a psychiatrist/psychologist/counsellor, amount of close contact with patients, being scared of how other people’s reactions will be for being a healthcare worker during the COVID-19 pandemic phase, whether any family member(s) or friend(s) who has/have tested positive for COVID-19, whether the participants are currently COVID-19 positive, if hospital has provided participants with adequate personal protective equipment, family's fear towards the participant’s work, participant’s designation, whether or not allowed to enter the society/ colony where they live because they are a health care professionals among other. Each of these are mentioned in the column head. The dataset contains only usable data after removing incomplete responses that could not be used. The rest of the data is in raw format. CAS and OCS were found to have good psychometric properties. While CAS led to decreases in job-related well-being, work engagement led to increases in well-being even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Family's fear towards work done by healthcare professionals and not being allowed to enter the society/colony they live in affected a decrease in their well-being significantly.