Health Literacy about COVID-۱۹ in People with Infertility

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Health Literacy about COVID-19 in People with Infertility Narges Bagheri-Lankarani 1 © ℗, Reza Omani-Samani 2 , Maryam Mohammadi1 3 , Zahra Kazemi-Hajiabad 3 , Zahra Ezabadi 3 , Ahmad Vosough-Dizaj 4 , Marayam Hafezi 5 1 Department of Basic and Population Based Studies in NCD, Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center, Royan Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. 2 Department of Medical Ethics and Law, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran 3 Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. 4 Department of Reproductive Imaging, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran 5 Department of Endocrinology and Female Infertility, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: People with infertility living conditions have been profoundly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. People with infertility should have good health literacy during the pandemic to protect themselves. There is not much evidence on how the virus affects people with infertility. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Monitoring behavioral and cultural insights during the pandemic is a useful tool to identify health literacy related to COVID-19(find, understand, judge, follow). Data were collected using a questionnaire designed according to the “survey tool and guidance” provided by the World Health Organization (WHO). The survey was conducted for 1 year, with a sample of 384 individuals with infertility who were referred to Royan Institute recruited. Health literacy includes 5 sub-indices that measure a person's ability, information, and knowledge in the fields of health RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The findings of this research showed that about 68 percent of the respondents have been infected with Covid-19 at least once and “understanding” and “following” mean levels were the same. However, “judging” mean levels were the lowest of a literacy level. Gender, educational level, household who lived with and finding the information, the only index of health literacy, have statistically significant effects on the history of infection with COVID-19 (6). The results of this study showed that, on the one hand, by controlling the characteristics of people's background, health literacy is a significantly influential variable for contracting the COVID-19 virus, and on the other hand health literacy of a small (11.2%) part of the population is at a very difficult level Therefore, it can be said based on the results of this study paying attention to the education of the population, with an emphasis on promoting health literacy is essential