Impact of COVID-19 on Employment in Tertiary Care Hospital of Karachi: Impact of COVID-19 on Employment

Syeda  Rida Baqir; Yumna  Ilyas; Komal  Jamil; Shafaq  Aslam; Bismah  Khan

doi:10.54393/pjhs.v3i03.63

Authors

Syeda Rida Baqir Bhaira University Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Yumna Ilyas Department of Physical Therapy, Sohail University, Karachi, Pakistan
Komal Jamil Bhaira University Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Shafaq Aslam Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Dr. Ziauddin Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
Bismah Khan Department of Physical Therapy, Sohail University, Karachi, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pjhs.v3i03.63

Keywords:

SARS CoV-2, healthcare workers, GDP, tertiary care hospitals, employment rate, WHO, coronavirus

Abstract

A public health dispute regarding the pandemic disease COVID-19 has wrapped up the entire world. Based on statistics Pakistan lies as a low and middle-income country throughout the world and out of 189 countries it lies in the 152nd rank with an index value of 0.560 on the Health development scale. Objective: To evaluate the unemployment among health care workers working in rehabilitation departments in tertiary care hospitals. Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey of sample size 212 conducted on healthcare workers working in Ziauddin hospital department of rehabilitation sciences, Karachi, the research study is explanatory, whereas the method is quantitative. The initial research was done by gathering the literature linked to healthcare workers and being examined via validated questionnaires through emails and various statistical tools used to analyze the complete data. Results: The results showed that the mean age was found to be 28.75 ± 5.8. Male participants were found to be 20(9.4%) and females were 192(90.6%). Most of the participants were graduates 128(60.4%) followed by post-graduate 76(35.8%). There were 128(60.4%) participants who were single. Employment status was asked most of the respondents found out of work and looking for work there were 16 respondents in Taking care of the home and family and 80 unemployed and seeking a job with a significant P-value of <0.001. Conclusion: The conclusion of the study showed there is a significant effect of the COVID-19 pandemic disease on the employment status of workers of healthcare in tertiary care hospitals in Karachi

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