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Estebsari F, Barati M, Stiri S, Latifi M, Shahsavari A, Milani AS, RahimiKhalifehKandi Z. Risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in young adults: a community-based study of Iranian context. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:2543. [PMID: 39294654 PMCID: PMC11412011 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20030-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2024] [Accepted: 09/10/2024] [Indexed: 09/21/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Young adults are susceptible to CVD risk factors, especially in developing countries. This study aimed to compare CVD risk factors between medical and non-medical students. METHODS The present cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 302 students in Tehran, including 151 medical students and 151 non-medical students, in 2022. Data collection tools included four online questionnaires to collect demographic information, knowledge/attitudes, knowledge of risk factors, and risk factors. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 18 software at a 0.05 significance level. RESULTS Data analysis revealed that the mean age of medical and non-medical students was 22.06 ± 3.53 and 21.88 ± 4.20 years, respectively. The two groups were not significantly different in gender, age, marital status, and place of residence. Knowledge of CVD was significantly different between the two groups of students (P < 0.001), but attitudes were not significantly different (P = 0.208). A significant difference in the prognosis of diabetes and dyslipidemia was observed between the two groups (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS As a large group of young adults in society, students are at risk for CVD. Poor knowledge and inappropriate attitudes regarding CVD risk factors are among the contributing factors. Therefore, it is recommended to design and implement a healthy diet, physical activity, stress management, and healthy lifestyle programs for the young group along with screening programs to prevent complications and mortality caused by CVD.
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- Fatemeh Estebsari
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Aligoudarz School of Nursing, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
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- Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Arak University of Medical Sciences, A'lam-Al-Hoda Street, Shahid Shiroodi Street, Arak, Markazi Province, 3819693345, Iran.
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Panahi R, Ghorbanpour Z, Moradi B, Eidy F, Amjadian M. The relationship between health literacy and the adoption of COVID-19 preventive behaviors: A cross-sectional study in Iran. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0299007. [PMID: 38753850 PMCID: PMC11098504 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Health literacy (HL) is one of the effective factors in controlling the COVID-19 epidemic. Considering the high prevalence of COVID-19 disease, the present study aimed to determine the relationship between HL and the adoption of COVID-19 preventive behaviors. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a descriptive-cross sectional study conducted on 214 students selected by simple random sampling method in Esfarayen Faculty of Medical Sciences, Iran, in 2022. The data included demographic and background characteristics, health literacy for Iranian Adults (HELIA), and a valid and reliable questionnaire to measure COVID-19 preventive behaviors. The data were analyzed using SPSS 23, descriptive statistics, and ordinal logistic regression tests. RESULTS The mean and standard deviation of the scores of adoption of COVID-19 preventive behaviors and HL among students were 18.18) 4.02(out of 25 and 72.14) and 12.75 (out of 100, respectively. The results of the logistic regression test showed that the HL (P = 0.003), gender (P<0.001), mother's education (P = 0.039), educational level (P = 0.031), smoking (P = 0.032), and physical activity (P = 0.007) were effective factors in adopting preventive behaviors. CONCLUSION Adopting preventive behaviors against COVID-19 was lower among students with lower levels of health literacy, male students, students with less physical activity, students with illiterate mothers, undergraduate students, and finally smokers. Therefore, it is necessary to pay more attention to these students in designing educational programs. It is suggested to carry out more extensive studies to clarify the effect of HL on the adoption of COVID-19 preventive behaviors.
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- Rahman Panahi
- Department of Public Health, Qaen School of Medical Sciences, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
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- Esfarayen Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Public Health, Esfarayen, Iran
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- Esfarayen Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Public Health, Esfarayen, Iran
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- Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- English Language Department, School of Medicine, Kurdistan Medical Sciences University, Sanandaj, Iran
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Jafari A, Moshki M, Ghelichi-Ghojogh M, Nejatian M. Role of diabetes health literacy, psychological status, self-care behaviors, and life satisfaction in predicting quality of life in type 2 diabetes. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1635. [PMID: 38238365 PMCID: PMC10796649 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-51245-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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One of the factors that can affect the quality of life is the psychological status of people. Also, the psychological status of individuals can be affected by other variables. Therefore, this study was aimed to determine the role of diabetes health literacy, psychological status, self-care behaviors, and life satisfaction in predicting the quality of life in Iranian patients with type 2 diabetes. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Iran in 2021 among 300 patients with type 2 diabetes. The method of selecting the participants in this study was the proportional stratified sampling method. Data collection instruments included six questionnaires of demographic questionnaire and diabetes status, DASS-21 questionnaire (depression, anxiety, and stress), diabetes health literacy scale, self-care behavior questionnaire, satisfaction with life scale (SWLS), and quality of life questionnaire. Statistical methods such as independent sample t test, one-way analysis of variance, linear regression test, and Pearson correlation were used to analyze the data. Based on the results of Pearson correlation test, there was a positive and significant correlation between diabetes health literacy (r = 0.438, p < 0.001), depression (r = - 0.380, p < 0.001), anxiety (r = - 0.355, p < 0.001), stress (r = - 0.423, p < 0.001), and SWLS (r = 0.265, p < 0.001) with quality of life. Based on the results of linear regression, variables of diabetes health literacy, life satisfaction, self -care behaviors, depression, stress, anxiety, age of onset of diabetes and diabetes duration were able to predict 31% of the quality of life (p < 0.001). The results of this study indicated that diabetes health literacy, life satisfaction, stress and the duration of diabetes are able to predict the quality of life of patients with diabetes. Therefore, it is necessary to pay more attention to these effective variables training programs, especially health literacy, the effect of which is very obvious in this study.
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- Alireza Jafari
- Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran
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- Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran
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- Neonatal and Children's Health Research Center, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
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Sadeghian R, Hamedani MA, Salehipour S, Sarabandi A, Kiani F, Babamohamadi H. The health literacy level and its related factors in Iranian women with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1150148. [PMID: 37841736 PMCID: PMC10568019 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1150148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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Background Breast Cancer (BC) is the most common cause of female mortality throughout the world. Promoting public awareness about this disease is the most crucial method of its prevention or control. The present study was carried out to determine the health literacy level and its related factors in women with BC. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on BC patients undergoing chemotherapy in two teaching hospitals affiliated to Zahedan University of Medical Sciences in 2020. A total of 210 patients referred to these chemotherapy centers were selected by purposive sampling. The data collection tools included a demographic information form and a health literacy questionnaire for Iranian women with BC. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (logistic regression) in SPSS-22. p-values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results The mean total score of the health literacy of women with BC undergoing chemotherapy was 40.35 ± 19.01, which suggests an insufficient health literacy. The health literacy had a significant relationship with variables including university education (OR = 4.41, p = 0.005) and supplementary insurance coverage (OR = 5.83, p < 0.001). Conclusion The findings showed that university education and supplementary insurance coverage are associated with a higher health literacy among women with BC. Improving these factors and paying further attention to their role in the promotion of health literacy can help enhance the health literacy of women with BC.
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- Reyhaneh Sadeghian
- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran
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- Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
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- Department of Dentistry, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
- Nursing Care Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
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Wilandika A, Pandin MGR, Yusuf A. The roles of nurses in supporting health literacy: a scoping review. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1022803. [PMID: 37663836 PMCID: PMC10469320 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1022803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
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Introduction The importance of health literacy in achieving optimum health is highly significant, particularly in the nursing profession where it is an integral part of the roles and functions of nurses. Therefore, this scoping review aims to describe the roles of nurses in promoting patient health literacy and identify the determinant factors of health literacy in nursing practices. Methods An integrative search was conducted through four databases, namely, ScienceDirect, ProQuest, SAGE Journal, and PubMed, using various keyword combinations such as "health literacy," "health information," "patient health literacy," "patient literacy," and "nurses." Furthermore, the inclusion criteria employed were peer-reviewed articles focused on the nursing profession, explicitly discussing health literacy related to nursing, and including original studies, such as cross-sectional, quasi-experimental, and qualitative studies. The selected review articles were all published between 2017 and 2022. Results In total, 13 articles met the criteria and were applied in this scoping review. Most of these discuss health literacy related to nursing practice in clinical and community settings, as well as educational institutions. Health literacy is an essential aspect of professional nursing practice. Consequently, the supportive roles of nurses include acting as caregivers, facilitators, and educators to help patients overcome their literacy limitations and attain improved wellbeing. Conclusion Nurses can improve the health literacy skills of patients by making health information related to their illnesses easier to access, understand, evaluate, and use. They must also recognize various factors influencing health literacy and use the factors as opportunities to optimize health literacy improvement. A health literacy approach can be applied by nurses to solve health problems and improve the quality of care for patients.
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- Angga Wilandika
- Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Aisyiyah Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
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Nazari J, Chezani-Sharahi N, Eshrati B, Yadegari A, Naghshbandi M, Movahedi H, Moradzadeh R. Prevalence and determinants of self-medication consumption of antibiotics in children in Iran: A population-based cross-sectional study, 2018-19. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0278843. [PMID: 36584040 PMCID: PMC9803171 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The prevalence of self-medication of antibiotics has been revealed in various studies. The main aim of this work is to investigate the frequency of self-medication in children under 6 years and the factors affecting it. METHODS This is a population-based cross-sectional study conducted in the Arak metropolitan in the center of Iran from January 2019 to January 2020. We used stratified random sampling to determine recruitment criteria. As 1754 households were invited to the study that 1483 were approved to participate. Children's data were obtained by the interview with their mothers. In order to define self-medication consumption of antibiotics, it was adapted between annually maternal self-reported consumption of antibiotics among their children and history of received antibiotics registered in insurance services during the same time period. Logistic regression models were exploited to obtain odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS Mean age of mothers was 31.8 years (SD = 5.4), 52.1% of the children were boys. Annually self-medication of antibiotic consumption was estimated 61.6% (n = 914). Based on the logistic regression analysis, in the adjusted analysis, girls were associated with self-medication consumption of antibiotics lower than boys' children (p = 0.016). Older mothers were lower self-medication consumption of antibiotics than youngers (p = 0.001). Moreover, the permanent job of fathers was associated with lower self-medication consumption of antibiotics than temporarily and unemployment (p = .001). The odds of self-medication consumption of antibiotics were increasing with the increase in age of children (OR: 1.21, CI95%: 1.12, 1.31 and p = 0.001). The increase in parity has been a significant association with the self-medication consumption of antibiotics (OR: 1.64, CI95%: 1.38, 1.95and p = 0.001). CONCLUSION Results of this study show that some factors such as children's age, gender, mother's age, father's occupational status, and parity are the determinants that significantly impact the self-medication prevalence.
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- Javad Nazari
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
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- Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Research Center, Social Injury Prevention Research Institute, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
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Ziapour A, Ebadi Fard Azar F, Mahaki B, Mansourian M. Factors affecting the health literacy status of patients with type 2 diabetes through demographic variables: A cross-sectional study. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 2022; 11:306. [PMID: 36438988 PMCID: PMC9683461 DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1759_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Health literacy (HL) is the ability of a person to acquire the process, understand the necessary health information, and make the health services needed for conscious health decisions. Besides, diabetes is the most common metabolic disorder that affects patients' quantity and quality of life. This study focused on determining the factors that affect the HL status of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) through the role of the demographic variables. MATERIALS AND METHODS This descriptive-analytical research survey recruited a sample based on 280 patients with T2D at the Diabetes Research Center of Ayatollah Taleghani Hospital in Kermanshah in 2020. This study selected patients with T2D using a simple random sampling technique. The study applied the demographic information questionnaire and the Functional, Communicative, and Critical HL Scale to collect data from patients with T2D. This study used the SPSS version 23 on the received data sets to perform statistical analysis, including t-test, analysis of the variance, and multiple regression, to predict the factors affecting HL among diabetes patients. RESULTS The study results showed that the mean age of the participating patients with T2D was 55.80 ± 13.04. The results indicated the mean score and standard deviation of total HL score in patients with T2D 2.70 ± 0.44. The findings specified a statistically significant relationship between HL, gender, education, occupation, income, and place of residence. Results indicated that β-coefficients of the multiple regression analysis and the income variable (β = 0.170), age (β = 0.176), and employment variable (β = 0.157). These are the most predictive of the HL of patients with T2D. CONCLUSION The results of this study specified that the HL rate of individuals with diabetes type 2 is average. The potential communicative and critical HL influence is essential for communication and education for diabetes patients in the primary health-care system settings. The findings indicate that communicative and critical HL related to patients' management and functional HL looks passable in this study.
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- Arash Ziapour
- Department of Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Health Promotion Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Zahirian Moghadam T, Zandian H, Shirin Bonyad H. Utilization of elderly health promotion services during COVID 19 in Iran: A cross-sectional study. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 2022; 11:297. [PMID: 36439010 PMCID: PMC9683442 DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1315_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for older adults to utilize ordinary elder services. This cross-sectional study investigated the status of feeling the need, seek, and utilization of health promotion services among older adults in Ardabil, Iran, covered by the country's comprehensive health system during the pandemic. MATERIALS AND METHODS This descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study was conducted on 739 elderly people in Ardabil province. Cluster random sampling method was used for sampling. Data were gathered by referring trained individuals to the place of residence of the selected older adults Questionnaires were consisted of three parts: demographic information, household's economic status, and feeling the need, seek, and utilization from health promotion services. Multivariate logistic regression was used to separately model the need, seeking for, and utilization of health promotion services in STATA ver. 14. RESULTS The mean age of the older adults in this study was 68.88 ± 4.72 years. The results indicate that men showed significantly greater need, seek for, and utilization of health promotion services during COVID- 19 than women. According to the results, people over the age of 80 had 4.08 times (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.99-12.60) more need and utilization of health services than the older adults under 65 years. The results also indicate that use of health promotion services was significantly associated with being married (3.74, 95% CI: 1.22-2.62), having primary insurance and supplementary insurance (1.92, 95% CI: 1.21-3.12), and obesity (2.05, 95% CI: 1.13-3.76) in P < 0.05 level. Based on the results, people with chronic disease and obesity were more likely to utilize health promotion services. CONCLUSION Findings suggest that the access and utilization of inpatient and outpatient health services by the elderly in the COVID-19 pandemic has somewhat decreased, which could be due to the fear of the disease being referred to health centers by the elderly. Hence, enabling conditions such as parental health care were major factors affecting health-seeking habits among the Iranian elder population.
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- Telma Zahirian Moghadam
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
- Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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- Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
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Tavakoly Sany SB, Doosti H, Mahdizadeh M, Orooji A, Peyman N. The Health Literacy Status and Its Role in Interventions in Iran: A Systematic and Meta-Analysis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:4260. [PMID: 33920508 PMCID: PMC8073744 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18084260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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There are increasing calls for public health policies to realize the visions of a health literate society and health literacy on a global scale. However, there are still more gaps in what researchers recognize and what steps they should take to improve health literacy (HL) skills. This review aimed to measure the HL status of the Iranian population and the effect size of the underlying association between HL and other health outcomes, and to examine the effectiveness of HL interventions on improving the functional dimension of HL, self-efficacy, and health-promoting behaviors. All full text published articles written in English and Persian language were included from inception until January 2019, but the type of study is not limited. A total of 52 potentially relevant articles with data on 36,523 participants were included in this review. In the population with health conditions, the average HL score was 62.51 (95% CI: 59.95-65.08), while in the patient population, the HL score was 64.04 (95% CI: 60.64-67.45). Health literacy was positively and significantly correlated with self-care behaviors 0.42 (95% CI; 0.35-0.49), self-efficacy 0.35 (95% CI; 0.26-0.43), knowledge 0.50 (95% CI; 0.44-0.55), communication skills 0.33 (95% CI; 0.25-0.41), and health promotion behaviors 0.39 (95% CI; 0.35-0.44). The meta-analyses showed that overall, HL interventions significantly improved HL status, self-efficacy, and health promotion behaviors. Results indicate that HL status was in the range of marginal HL level in the Iranian population. Our finding highlights the beneficial impact of HL intervention on health-promoting behaviors and self-efficacy, particularly in low literacy/socioeconomic status people.
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- Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany
- Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 13131-99137, Iran; (S.B.T.S.); (M.M.)
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 13131-99137, Iran;
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia;
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- Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 13131-99137, Iran; (S.B.T.S.); (M.M.)
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 13131-99137, Iran;
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 13131-99137, Iran;
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 13131-99137, Iran
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- Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 13131-99137, Iran; (S.B.T.S.); (M.M.)
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 13131-99137, Iran;
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Yari A, Soofimajidpoor M, Moradi G, Bidarpoor F, Nadrian H, Iranpoor A, Zokaie M, Raoshani D, Ghotbi N, Zarezadeh Y. Measuring the constructs of health literacy in the Iranian adult Kurdish population. BMC Public Health 2021; 21:589. [PMID: 33761905 PMCID: PMC7992981 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10589-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Health literacy is essential to self-care, which is an important precedence to improve the quality of healthcare services and a key factor in health. It also plays a pivotal role in decision-making in various health fields. Therefore, policymakers consider health literacy to be a primary tool to promote community health and enhance the proper use of healthcare services. The present study aimed to assess the health literacy status of the Kurdish population in Kurdistan province, Iran based on the nine constructs of the Iranian health literacy questionnaire (IHLQ) individually and collectively and determine the significant effects of demographic variables on health literacy. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on the Iranian adult Kurdish population living in the urban and rural areas of Kurdistan province, willing to participate during April 2017-September 2018. Data were collected using the IHLQ. The sample size was determined to be 980 people, with 490 in the rural areas and 490 in the urban areas. The researchers visited potential participants at their doorstep, asking them to complete the questionnaire. The willing participants were assisted in completing the IHLQ in case they were illiterate; the questions and answers were read by the researchers to the participants, and the responses were recorded. RESULTS About 50.4% (n = 494) of the Kurdish population had poor health literacy, while 34.0% (n = 333) had average health literacy, and 15.6% (n = 153) had good health literacy. Meanwhile, 60.2% of the participants obtained poor scores in the construct of health information access, and 74.1% (n = 726) obtained poor scores in the individual empowerment construct. In addition, the analysis of the adjusted model indicated that education level (lowest β = 7.42; P = 0.001) and in male participants (β = - 1.10; P = 0.001) were significantly associated with higher health literacy. CONCLUSION According to the results, the investigated Kurdish population mostly had average or low health literacy. Therefore, proper strategies should be adopted to enhance the health literacy of this population and increase their access to health information. Furthermore, effective training should be provided to these individuals (especially vulnerable social groups) to improve their individual capabilities to compensate for poor health literacy.
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- Arezoo Yari
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- School of Health, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Medical School, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
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Development of a Health Literacy Program for Parents of Children with Cancer: A Mixed-Methods Study Protocol. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER MANAGEMENT 2021. [DOI: 10.5812/ijcm.108332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Objectives: Parents’ health literacy plays an important role in the proper management of symptoms and providing appropriate care for their children living with cancer. However, studies conducted on health literacy in Iranian culture is very limited. Therefore, this study will identify the health literacy needs of parents of children with cancer and will design a program for promoting their health literacy. Methods: This exploratory mixed-methods study, using qualitative-quantitative methods including 4 consecutive phases. In the first phase, the literature review will be carried out to conceptualize and determine the domains of health literacy. In the second phase, a qualitative study will be conducted to identify and determine the needs and strategies for promoting the health literacy of parents using deep semi-structured interviews. Participants will be selected by purposive and snowball sampling methods and data will be analyzed using the directed content analysis method. In the third phase, participants’ needs will be prioritized using a panel of experts and the initial draft of the program will be designed. In the fourth phase, the modified Delphi method will be used to prioritize program strategies and select the final program. Discussion: Developing a program using a qualitative method and literature review can provide some evidence for promoting health literacy in parents of children living with cancer. Moreover, it is expected that this program promotes knowledge and empowerment of health team members, especially nurses to provide family-centered care for children with cancer. This, in turn, will increase the quality of provided treatment and care and will decrease the costs.
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Fallah Morteza-Nejad SHR, YektaKooshali M, MoshtaghiKojal S, Salmalian Z, Ramezani A, EsmaeilpourBandboni M. Health Literacy and its Related Factors in Infant's Mothers. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY HEALTH 2019. [DOI: 10.29252/jech.6.4.239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Abdolmaleki B, Peyman N, Esmaili H, Tajfard M. Associated Factors with the Use of Health Services among Postmenopausal Women in Mashhad Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior: The Role of Health Literacy. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY HEALTH 2019. [DOI: 10.29252/jech.6.2.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Panahi R, Ramezankhani A, Tavousi M, Osmani F, Karami A, Niknami S. Effect of Educational Intervention on Health Literacy and Adoption of Smoking Preventive Behaviors among University Students. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY HEALTH 2018. [DOI: 10.21859/jech.5.2.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Dehghani A, Keshavarzi A. Development and validation of a multidimensional health literacy questionnaire for multiple sclerosis patients. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2018; 25:156-162. [PMID: 30081315 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2018.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Assessment of health literacy among patients with multiple sclerosis can be used in education planning, disease management, compliance, and quality of life. In addition, health literacy can be assessed using a standard questionnaire based on the social and cultural context more accurately. This study aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire for the assessment of health literacy in patients with multiple sclerosis. METHODS This is an exploratory sequential mixed method research which was conducted in three sections. In the first section, the concept of health literacy among patients with MS was analyzed using the hybrid concept analysis in the theoretical work, field work, and final analysis stages in order to extract features of the concept. In the second section, an initial pool of items of the questionnaire was designed based on the extracted features from the concept, reviewed texts, and related questionnaires. In the third section, psychometric properties of the questionnaire were evaluated including validity (face, content and construct) and reliability (internal consistency and stability). RESULTS Totally, 68 items were included in the initial pool, which shrank to 22 items in the final questionnaire after reviewing the psychometric features. Factor analyses led to the extraction of four factors including appraisal of health information, ability to search health information, knowledge of caring for the disease, and successful practices in health conditions. Internal consistency of the questionnaire was also confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.94, and its stability was calculated and confirmed by the inter-class coefficient of correlation of 0.96. CONCLUSION The developed 22-item-questionnaire is valid and reliable for assessment of levels of health literacy in Iranian patients with MS.
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- Ali Dehghani
- Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Paramedical, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran.
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- Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Member of Shiraz burn research center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Mousavi Chalak A, Riahi A. Evaluation of health literacy and resources to achieve them among librarians of Mazandaran public library. THE JOURNAL OF QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 2018. [DOI: 10.29252/qums.21.6.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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