IMPACT OF QUALITY OF WORK LIFE, PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND APPLICATION OF 5S METHODOLOGY ON PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG NURSES IN THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR DURING COVID-19

Abstract

This research is about the Psychological Distress of nurses during the time of covid-19. The variables used to conduct this research were Perceived Social Support, 5 S Methodology, and Quality of Work Life on Psychological Distress of nurses in the nursing schools and hospitals of Karachi. The method used to collect data was survey questionnaires online and via hardcopy and the instruments used to test these variables were reliability, regression, and correlation through the SPSS software. The results indicated that the independent variables have no significant effect on the dependent variable and the model was weak. The results suggest that Psychological distress has a negative effect on independent variables during covid-19. The research literature suggested a positive effect of these variables on the Psychological distress of nurses but that was in a normalized situation. The limitations of this research suggest that a longer time frame should be used to conduct this research with a pre-notice to the institutions from where data has to be collected for a better way of collecting data.