Covid-19 has had severe economic, social, political and cultural consequences on human life and these consequences will be experienced well into the future. Frontline health care workers seem to be the most affected category of people. Therefore, the study assessed lived experience and quality of life of frontline health care workers caring for patients with COVID-19 in Lagos State. This study adopted descriptive cross-sectional design. A questionnaire was used to determine the experiences of volunteered frontline healthcare workers while working on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis. The sample consisted of 143 front-liners. The quantitative data collected in this study were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of findings revealed the lived experience of frontline health workers are fatigue, discomfort, helplessness, fear and concern for COVID-19 patients, traumatic experiences and the patients with underlining medical conditions are more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19. Most of the frontline health workers had moderate quality of life as 32.3 percent had low quality of life, 37.8 percent had moderate quality of life while 28.0 percent had high quality of life. There was significant relationship between the lived experience of the frontline health workers and their quality of life in Lagos State ((r = 0.516; p = 0.000 < 0.05) while there was no significant gender difference in the lived experience (t = 0.263; p = .793 > .05) and quality of life (t = 1.242; p = 0.216 > 0.05). of health care worker caring for patients with covid-19 in Lagos State. It was recommended among others that more frontliner health care workers must respond effectively to the pandemic and that all medical supplies be available such as PPE, to help keep the quality of life of health workers.

Keywords: Quality of Life, Front Line, Health Care Workers, Lived Experience,

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