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Volume 11, Issue 5 (2023)                   Health Educ Health Promot 2023, 11(5): 715-721 | Back to browse issues page

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Amin Shokravi F, Sanaei Nasab H, Karimi Zarchi A, Nashwan A, Shahbazi H. Stigma Against Health Care Providers; Caring for COVID-19 Patients in Iran. Health Educ Health Promot 2023; 11 (5) :715-721
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1- Department of Health Education & Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2- Department of Health Education, Faculty of Health, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3- Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Biostatistics, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4- Department of Nursing Education & Practice Development, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar
* Corresponding Author Address: Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Nasr Boulevard, Jalal Al Ahmad, Tehran, Iran. Postal Code: 14115-331 (aminsh_f@modares.ac.ir)
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Aims: The pandemic corona is known as one of the most important challenges in the world. At the same time, the stigma associated with COVID-19 threatens different groups, including patients, recoveries, and healthcare workers. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of stigmatization during the COVID-19 pandemic among healthcare providers in Iran.
Instrument & Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study, in which 527 people were selected using simple random sampling, was conducted in 2022. The overall COVID-19-related stigma score was calculated from 18 to 62 with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.906. SPSS 25 software was used for data analysis by independent t-tests, one-way analysis of variance, and Chi-square.
Findings: The highest percentage of the obtained score was assigned to, the practices to avoid infection with COVID-19 (48.1%) and anxiety or fear of being affected (47%). Among the domains of stigma, the most important predictor of anxiety or fear of being affected was the policy of health settings (R2=0.735).
Conclusion: Ongoing education, adherence to infection prevention and control protocols, and personalized strategies have the most significant role in improving healthcare workers' compliance in averting COVID-19 transmission.
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