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Ahrari S, Sajjadi M, Mansoorian M, Ghaderi M, Baloochi Beydokhti T. Relationship between Learning Needs and Health Literacy of Patients with COVID-19. J Health Res Commun 2025; 11 (2) :47-62
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Shamsuddin Ahrari 
, Moosa Sajjadi , MohammadReza Mansoorian , Mohammad Ghaderi , Tahereh Baloochi Beydokhti *
, Moosa Sajjadi , MohammadReza Mansoorian , Mohammad Ghaderi , Tahereh Baloochi Beydokhti *
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Emergencies, School of Nursing, Nursing Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran
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Introduction and purpose: Patients with COVID-19 need education to provide post-discharge care. Determining the learning needs of these patients is paramount for their education. Various factors affect patients' learning needs. One of the concepts that seems to be related to patients' learning needs is health literacy. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between learning needs and health literacy of patients with COVID-19.
Methods: This descriptive correlational study was conducted on 140 patients with COVID-19 hospitalized at Khatam Al-Anbia Hospital in Taybad at the time of hospital discharge in 2021. Sampling was performed using a convenience sampling method. Data were collected using a demographic characteristics form, Patients' Learning Needs Scale (PLNS), and Health Literacy Instrument for Adults (HELIA), and were analyzed in SPSS software (version 20) using Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Pearson correlation tests, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, and multiple linear regression at a significance level of P<0.05.
Results: The results of this study demonstrated that the mean score of patients' learning needs out of 5 scores, with a mean of 3.63±0.57, was relatively high. The most critical needs pertained to the dimensions of treatments and complications, medication use, and improving the quality of life, and patients' health literacy score, with a mean of 2.12±0.61, was relatively low. There was also a significant inverse relationship between health literacy and the learning needs, suggesting that patients' learning needs decrease with increasing health literacy (P=0.001).
Conclusion: As evidenced by the obtained results, patients had the most critical learning needs in the areas of treatment management and its complications, medication use, and improving the quality of life. The findings also indicated an inverse relationship between the level of health literacy and the level of learning needs. In this regard, by promoting health literacy, the need for education decreases in patients. Accordingly, it is recommended that the educational programs of patients focus on these areas of high demand in a targeted manner. Furthermore, the interventions, such as face-to-face education and the use of media, are suggested as effective strategies to promote health literacy and reduce the educational gap.
Methods: This descriptive correlational study was conducted on 140 patients with COVID-19 hospitalized at Khatam Al-Anbia Hospital in Taybad at the time of hospital discharge in 2021. Sampling was performed using a convenience sampling method. Data were collected using a demographic characteristics form, Patients' Learning Needs Scale (PLNS), and Health Literacy Instrument for Adults (HELIA), and were analyzed in SPSS software (version 20) using Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Pearson correlation tests, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, and multiple linear regression at a significance level of P<0.05.
Results: The results of this study demonstrated that the mean score of patients' learning needs out of 5 scores, with a mean of 3.63±0.57, was relatively high. The most critical needs pertained to the dimensions of treatments and complications, medication use, and improving the quality of life, and patients' health literacy score, with a mean of 2.12±0.61, was relatively low. There was also a significant inverse relationship between health literacy and the learning needs, suggesting that patients' learning needs decrease with increasing health literacy (P=0.001).
Conclusion: As evidenced by the obtained results, patients had the most critical learning needs in the areas of treatment management and its complications, medication use, and improving the quality of life. The findings also indicated an inverse relationship between the level of health literacy and the level of learning needs. In this regard, by promoting health literacy, the need for education decreases in patients. Accordingly, it is recommended that the educational programs of patients focus on these areas of high demand in a targeted manner. Furthermore, the interventions, such as face-to-face education and the use of media, are suggested as effective strategies to promote health literacy and reduce the educational gap.
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