Prediction of the Iranians self-care in terms of communication pattern of their individual and social characteristics in face of Covid-19 pandemic-2020

Autor: Mahmoud Keyvanara, Mohammad Satari, Majid Jangi, Nasrin Sharbafchizadeh, Rahele Rahele
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Tehran University Medical Journal, Vol 78, Iss 9, Pp 589-597 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1683-1764
1735-7322
Popis: Background: Infectious diseases in the pandemic stage have significant life-threatening, psychological and social effects. Identifying the characteristics associated with peoplechr('39')s cooperation in self-care leads to greater immunity for themselves and others. Therefore, this study was conducted to predict the self-care of the Iranian people according to their individual and social characteristics in face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: A survey study was conducted on 1056 adults aged 18 and over in different provinces of Iran through a form of answering online researcher-made questions (n=40, α=0.9) in social networks in four days. This paper studies the level of self-care of people against Covid 19 pandemic which was conducted with the support of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in April 2016. Data were analyzed using Student t-test and variance. Moreover, "decision tree technique" was used to identify communication patterns. Results: The findings showed that the average self-care score in women, the most educated, married women, women aged 41 to 55, housewives and some other occupations was very high. However, the average self-care score of single men with a diploma was average. In general, the mean score of womenchr('39')s self-care was higher than men (P
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