Background and Aim: The COVID-19 pandemic was a global and major health crisis that has terrible implications across the world. The current study's aim was investigating the relationship between death anxiety and life satisfaction among doctors and psychologists during the Covid-19, with the role of optimism as a moderator.

Method: The current research was based on a cross-sectional survey research method. Data from 200 medical doctors and psychologists was collected by using Purposive Sampling Technique by using measures of Death anxiety scale, satisfaction with life scale, and life orientation test revised for optimism.

Findings:  The results indicated that the reliability of three scales which used in present research with descriptive analysis. The results also indicated that death anxiety has significant (p = .01) but negative correlation with life satisfaction (r = -.37, p < .01) and optimism (r = -.42, p < .01). It was found that the direction of relationship between death anxiety and life satisfaction become negative for optimism. There was significant gender difference and profession difference in death anxiety, life satisfaction and optimism.

Conclusion: Death anxiety is inversely but significant associated with life satisfaction and optimism among health workers during COVID-19. Whereas health workers with high level of optimism showed higher level of life satisfaction. Optimism also found significant moderator between death anxiety and life satisfaction among health workers. Females’ health worker was found more prevalent of death anxiety as compared male health workers, but male health workers showed higher level of life satisfaction and optimism as compared to female health workers. The contrast between doctors and psychologist revealed significant in death anxiety, life satisfaction and optimism during COVID-19. Doctors reported higher level of death anxiety and psychologist reported higher level of life satisfaction and optimism.

Keywords: COVID-19, death anxiety, life satisfaction, optimism, medical doctors, psychologists.