Hossien Izadirad; Hossein Rashki Ghalenow; Hajar Noori Sanchooli; Fereshteh Safaei
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Background: Health literacy and preventive behaviors can be considered important factors in healthcare workers’ decisions and how they function in the health system to promote the health of society. Therefore, the present study determined the relationship between health literacy and Covid-19 preventive ...
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Background: Health literacy and preventive behaviors can be considered important factors in healthcare workers’ decisions and how they function in the health system to promote the health of society. Therefore, the present study determined the relationship between health literacy and Covid-19 preventive behaviors among healthcare workers in Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeast Iran.Methods: This descriptive-analytical (cross-sectional) study was conducted on 300 healthcare workers in Sistan and Baluchistan province in 2021. Samples were collected by convenience method through social media. Data were collected electronically using the Health Literacy and Covid-19 preventive behaviors questionnaire. Data were analyzed by frequency, mean, Pearson correlation coefficient, and linear regression.Results: Only 24.4% of healthcare workers had sufficient health literacy. The healthcare workers’ health literacy mean score was 58.39±8.57 out of 88. Also, the score of health literacy in the dimension of access was 16.38±3.45, in the dimension of understanding was 17.06±3.74, in the dimension of appraisal was 14.28±3.40, and in the dimension of the use of health information was 13.74±2.93. The mean score of preventive behaviors was 30.54±6.16 out of 48. A positive and significant relationship was observed between health literacy and preventive behaviors. Demographic variables predicted 29% of the variance of Covid- 19 preventive behaviors, with health literacy being the strongest predictor (β=0.225).Conclusion: The results of this study confirmed the predictive role of health literacy in Covid-19 preventive behaviors. Also, poor and borderline health literacy concerning Covid-19 was a common problem among healthcare workers in Sistan and Baluchistan province, so it reduced the probability of performing Covid-19 preventive behaviors. Therefore, it is essential to design and implement interventions to improve the health literacy of healthcare workers.
Navid Mohammadi; Zahra Soroosh; Marzieh Nojomi; Maryam Motamedkhah
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Background: Cardiovascular disease, the first leading cause of death worldwide, is associated with different consequences, including rehospitalization. Health literacy (HL) is a factor with potential effects on rehospitalization. This study aimed to examine the relationship between HL and rehospitalization ...
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Background: Cardiovascular disease, the first leading cause of death worldwide, is associated with different consequences, including rehospitalization. Health literacy (HL) is a factor with potential effects on rehospitalization. This study aimed to examine the relationship between HL and rehospitalization among patients with myocardial infarction (MI).Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted in 2015–2017. Participants were 366 hospitalized patients with MI who were conveniently recruited from four teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran. A demographic questionnaire and the Health Literacy for Iranian Adults instrument were completed for participants at the time of their hospital discharge. One month after hospital discharge, thirty-day rehospitalization was assessed over telephone. The SPSS program (v. 16.0) was used to analyze the data through the Chi-square test, independent-sample t test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson’s correlation analysis, and logistic regression analysis.Results: T he t otal m ean s core o f H L w as 5 3.08±16.64 ( in the possible range of 0–100). Most participants (78.6%) had inadequate or barely adequate HL. At the time of rehospitalization assessment, fifteen participants were inaccessible. Among the remaining 351 participants, 28 (8%) reported thirty-day rehospitalization. The mean scores of HL among the participants with and without rehospitalization were 55.36±19.06 and 53.08±16.53, respectively. Logistic regression analysis showed that after adjusting the effects of potential confounders, HL had a significant relationship with rehospitalization (odds ratio=1.05; 95% confidence interval: 1.007–1.1; P=0.024).Conclusion: Most hospitalized patients with MI have limited HL, and their HL has a significant relationship with rehospitalization.
Zargham Heydari Gojani; Khalil Alimohammadzadeh; Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini; Nayeb Fadaei Dehcheshmeh
Volume 5, Issue 4 , October 2017, , Pages 153-157
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Background: Health literacy is a stronger predictor of health as compared to variables such as age, income, employment status, education level and race. In this regard, the World Health Organization has reported health literacy as one of the greatest determinants of health. The main purpose of this study ...
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Background: Health literacy is a stronger predictor of health as compared to variables such as age, income, employment status, education level and race. In this regard, the World Health Organization has reported health literacy as one of the greatest determinants of health. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the role of family physician in the health literacy of rural population in Farsan district.Methods: This is a descriptive-analytic study conducted in 2017 in Farsan. The sample size was equal to 450. 205 males and 245 females were selected as the sample, using stratified random sampling. A questionnaire was used to conduct the study (response rate 85.3). The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed. Data were analyzed using descriptive indexes such as percentage, mean and standard deviation, along with Spearman correlation coefficient and regression analysis.Results: The results of the study showed that 62.2% were female and 37.8% were male. 41.5% were in the age group of 20-29 years old and 7.3% were above 50 years old. Most participants in the study had a bachelor's degree (26.8%) with no history of disease (87.8%). There was a direct and significant relationship between family physician and health literacy (r = 0.355, p = 0.01). Emotional/informational support had a positive and significant effect on the increase in health literacy by 0.427 at a significant level of 0.05.Conclusion: Social support family physician of a community plays a major role in improving the health literacy of the people. Strengthening the communication and human skills of physicians and forming a sincere relationship with people's trust and confidence in the success of health programs; in particular, increasing the level of health literacy plays a crucial role.
Amir Reza Estakhrian Haghighi; Gholam Reza Oskrochi; Rogheyeh Eskrootchi; Ali Akbar Farhangi
Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2017, , Pages 123-129
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Background: In the present era, Digital Media Content has played an effective role in the formation of socio-economic and social behaviors. The aim of this research was to investigate the views of media experts in different levels of this filed on factors that affect user-media relationship in the following ...
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Background: In the present era, Digital Media Content has played an effective role in the formation of socio-economic and social behaviors. The aim of this research was to investigate the views of media experts in different levels of this filed on factors that affect user-media relationship in the following domains: non-verbal communication, interaction with media audience, effect of media on various domains, attitudes of the audience toward electronic media, and audience’s priorities- economic aspects in Iran.Methods: A questionnaire was designed and validated by a pilot study and distributed to a sample of 40 experts and users of digital media on July, 2017. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS Version 22; the significance level was set to 5% in hypotheses testing.Results: The results show that the participants generally agreed on all statements regarding the study domains. However, the level of agreement to all domains was different among different groups of the respondents (mean=14.03 among media strategists as the lowest and mean=35.13 among media managers as the highest levels of agreement, P<0.001) and the domains of the study (mean=28.50 for the higher impact of traditional media and mean=22.50 for the effect of communication technology on increase of interaction between media and audience). Conclusion: The highest rate of agreement was reported for the domain “Traditional media have a higher impact on their audience than the new media, suggesting the importance of traditional media in public knowledge and behavior. However, there was significant difference in the experts’ opinions regarding each domain.
