Background: This research studied the prevalence of professional and personal distress of Nepali doctors, and examined the impact of their professional quality of life (ProQOL) on their distress. Aim: To examine the situation of personal and professional distress and explore interrelationships between measures of ProQOL (burnout - BO, secondary traumatic stress - STS, and compassion satisfaction - CS) with personal distress (anxiety, depression and somatic burden) of Nepali doctors. Methods: A survey design was used to examine the personal and professional distress of doctors using an online and a paper-and-pencil survey with the use of Somatic Symptoms Scale (SSS-8), Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL-25) and Professional Quality of life Scale in Nepali (ProQOL5-N) tools. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques were used to measure the influence of professional distress on personal distress. Results: The prevalence of anxiety, depression, psychosomatic distress and suicide risks of Nepali doctors (N= 557) were 30.89 %, 25.41 %, 20.50% and 5.70% respectively. BO and STS scores showed moderate risks (BO = 95.25% and STS = 76.23 %), with just over 1% doctors at high risk for BO and STS (1.28% and 1.65% respectively). Nepali doctors were highly satisfied with their service (CS = 93.42%). The data on SEM showed a reasonably good fit between the STS and CS measures and levels of personal distress of the studied population, but BO could not be tested. A moderate but statistically significant positive effect of STS on personal distress, except psychosomatic distress, was found. The effect of CS on personal distress could not be determined. Conclusions: One-fifth of Nepali doctors had a high level of personal distress. The risk for BO and STS was moderate. It was found that Nepali doctors found highly satisfied with their service. The impact of professional distress on personal distress could not be fully determined

Methods:A non-experimental, survey study model was used to explore the psychological distresses (Anxiety, Depression and Psychosomatic) and perceived support from their institution through using self-rated online survey. HSCL-25, BSI and a locally prepared Likert scale for the perceived support were applied to the corporate staff. Descriptive statistical analysis of the study was extracted from the SPSS. Results:The Anxiety scores of 19.3% (N = 57) respondents were found to be higher than the threshold. The depression and psychosomatic assessment revealed, 3.5% of the respondents were above than the cut off scores, and 1.75% was found to be in need of suicidal care immediately. 76% respondents perceived, their managers and institutions took measures for the reduction of distresses and equally found hopeful for the support in future disasters too. Conclusion:The study revealed, a one-fifth numbers of staff were found to be affected by the distresses in post-earthquake situations. The institutions and managers of corporate sectors have to develop policies and provisionary support to reduce the risk of burnout and effect of mental health into their workforces. The respondents were found optimistic in addressing their challenges in future disaster situations. AbstractBackground: Gorkha Earthquake 2015, had traumatized the Nepali people. Staff from the corporate sector were equally impacted. 1 Prevalence of uncertainty, fear and psychological distress are a common phenomenon of any disaster situations, 2 which was observed increased at workplaces and residences of the public during and the aftermath of the mega-earthquake. Systematic psychological support and policy level interventions were a challenge to address such unexpected needs. 3 A study on the psychological well-being and perceived support were inevitable to address the problems. Aim:To examine the psychological well-being and perceived organizational support of the staff of corporate sector in Nepal.