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Bagheri-Lankarani N, Omani-Samani R, Mohammadi M, Kazemi-Hajiabad Z, Ezabadi Z, Vosough-Dizaj A et al . Health Literacy about COVID-19 in People with Infertility in Iran. ASWTR 2025; 22 (4) :24-32
URL: http://icml.ir/article-1-691-en.html

Background: Given the limitations infertility in infertile individuals, they fear facing this epidemic and losing hope for fertility. We want to see to what extent they trust the authorities in preventing this epidemic. This can be achieved through sufficient health literacy.
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 the European Health Literacy Scale and the COVID-19 Knowledge.  The survey of this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted for 1 year, with a sample of 384 individuals with infertility aged between 18 and 76 years old who were referred to the Royan Institute. Health literacy includes 4 sub-indices that measure a person's ability, information, and knowledge in the field of health.
Results: Studies show that the level of health literacy itself was related to gender, age, education level, economic and social base, and people's job fields. 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 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. In accordance with the findings of this research, the importance of health literacy in the field of the spread of COVID-19 has been confirmed in previous studies.
Conclusion: So, in the end, it can be concluded that in Iran, the effort to improve the level of health literacy of the society will undoubtedly reduce the incidence of COVID-19 and any other possible global disease in the future. Health and specialized training in this field can be helpful and effective.