Professional quality of life of health science educators in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study

Abstract

Aim: To examine the relationship between the demographic variables and professional quality of life among health science faculty members in select colleges in Saudi Arabia.
Design: A cross-sectional study
Methods: Data from 385 health science educators across 5 select colleges in Saudi Arabia were collected via an online survey using the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) Scale Version 5 and demographic data.
Results: At the univariate level, there is a significant difference on compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress in gender (p=.000, p=.000, p=.000); civil status (p=.000, p=.000, p=.000); highest educational attainment (p=.000, p=.000, p=.000); and years in service (p=.000, p=.000, p=.000) except in the academic position (significantly different for burnout, p=.005) of health science educators in Saudi Arabia. Those with PhD have higher compassion satisfaction score compared to Lecturers and followed by Post Doctorate.