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Objectives@#Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is one of the most important outcome measures for patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate HRQoL and related factors in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. @*Methods@#A total of 420 COVID-19 patients who had been discharged from hospital were selected using a systematic sampling. The EuroQol 5-dimensional-5 levels (EQ-5D-5L) questionnaire along with medical records of the patients were used to gather the data. The t test and analysis of variance were employed to test the difference between mean EQ-5D-5L scores, and the BetaMix model was used to investigate factors associated with EQ-5D-5L scores. @*Results@#The mean score for the patients who completed the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire (n = 409) was 0.6125. The EQ-5D-5L scores were significantly higher in males, patients with younger age , those with a low level of education, the employed, patients who worked in uncrowded workplaces, patients without diabetes, and those who were not admitted to intensive care unit. The BetaMix model showed that gender, age, education, employment status, having diabetes, heart failure, and admission to the intensive care unit were significant independent predictors of the EQ-5D-5L index values. @*Conclusion@#The mean score for EQ-5D-5L in COVID-19 patients was low in this study. Some of the factors, especially aging and having diabetes, should be considered in the aftercare of patients to improve their HRQoL.
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Introduction: Because of the special working conditions, healthcare workers are the most at-risk groups for HIV/AIDS. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of health/medical workers about HIV/AIDS
Methods and materials: We conducted a descriptive-analytical study of 235 samples [144 men, 91 women] of healthcare personnels in Khaf city. The sample was selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. Data collected anonymously through a questionnaire consisting of four sections, including ; demographic information and questions about knowledge, attitudes and individual performance. The reliability was assessed by Cronbach's alpha [? =0.87]. Data analyzed by SPSS 18 software using descriptive, analytical and t-test, ?[2] and regression methods
Results: Most of the study participants were male [61.27%]. The average age of participants was 35.6 +/- 5.6. Most of the study participants were workers of health houses [17.9%]. Knowledge, attitude and practice were different about HIV/AIDS depending on job nature. From the study population, 47.5% had good knowledge, 37.1% had moderate and the other had poor knowledge. Knowledge, attitudes and behavior in lower-level positions in the health care system, which are also potentially at risk, are significantly lower [p?0.005]. Knowledge and practice was better among female than male staff
Conclusion: In general, Knowledge, attitude and practice level of health personnel was fairly good. A combination of training methods to improve knowledge, attitudes and preventive behaviors is needed in low-level jobs which do not have a college education