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Background: Health care provider (HCP) working in the critical care units bearing the double burden of responsibilities of critical units and home. This burden impact on the personal life of HCP. These increase the family separation, and also cause the physical and emotion burnout. These healthcare settings require them to stay alert any time and long hours duties night duties and during emergencies overtime duties because they manage and face unexpected or unpredictable emergencies and thy make life saving conditions under constant pressure erratic crisis and make life saving decisions under ongoing tension.
Methodology: This study was analytical cross-sectional study, in which strata sampling technique was used, and conducted from August to October 2025, in the critical care department of Peoples Medical College Hospital Nawabshah.
Results: The majority (73.3%) of participants experienced separation from family due to the working in the critical care units. Moreover, large number of participants reported that missing important family events, (63.0%) limited quality time with family, and reduced participation in social gatherings (68.4%). And feelings of stress, guilt (71.7%), and also (76.0%) social isolation were commonly reported particularly among females and those working in evening and night shifts. However, several other factors impact on family and social life.
Conclusion: This study concluded to assess the impact of critical care units on social life, and identified those factors which impact on social life, and compare the difference in family separation between male and female of healthcare providers at PMCH Nawabshah.