Investigating the relationship between Marital Burnout and Health Anxiety on Quality of Life: the Mediating Role of Fear of Covid-19

 The quality of life of the medical staff is very important. A high level of burnout of the medical staff during the Corona virus pandemic can affect their quality of life. The present study was conducted in order to investigate the relationship between marital burnout and health anxiety with the mediation of fear of covid-19 on the quality of life of health workers in Lordegan city.

 The current research is a descriptive correlational  study. The statistical population of this research was formed by all the health workers of Lordegan city from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in 1401, whose number was 272 and in order to have a sufficient sample size , all the people of the statistical population were selected as the sample. The samples completed Pines Marital burnout Questionnaire, Salkovskis and Warwick Health Anxiety Questionnaire, World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire, and Fear of Covid-19 Questionnaire. Pearson's correlation coefficient, regression analysis, bootstrap test and path analysis were used to analyze the data. SPSS and AMOS software version 24 were used for data analysis. .

 The results of the analysis showed that the variables of marital burnout and health anxiety have a negative and significant effect on the quality of life of health workers. Also, the mediating role of fear of COVID-19 in the relationship between marital burnout and health anxiety was confirmed.

 Based on the obtained results, marital burnout and health anxiety can affect the quality of life of Lordegan health workers through the mediation of fear of covid-19.