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J Prevent Med 2023, 10(3): 226-239 |
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Dadipoor S, Eshaghi Sani Kakhaki H, Montazereghaem H, Mohseni S, Kamalzadeh Takhti H, Ranaei V et al . Social Avoidance and Workplace Discriminatory Attitudes Towards COVID-19 Recovered Patients in Iran: A Cross-sectional Study. J Prevent Med 2023; 10 (3) :226-239
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Sara Dadipoor1 
, Hadi Eshaghi Sani Kakhaki1 , Hossein Montazereghaem2 , Shokrollah Mohseni1 , Hesamaddin Kamalzadeh Takhti3 , Vahid Ranaei1 , Nahid Shahabi * 1
, Hadi Eshaghi Sani Kakhaki1 , Hossein Montazereghaem2 , Shokrollah Mohseni1 , Hesamaddin Kamalzadeh Takhti3 , Vahid Ranaei1 , Nahid Shahabi * 1
1- Social Determinants in Health Promotion Research Center, Hormozgan Health Institute, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
2- Cardiovascular Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
3- Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
2- Cardiovascular Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
3- Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
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Objective This study aims to investigate social avoidance and workplace discriminatory attitudes towards patients recovered from COVID-19 in the general population of Iran.
Methods In this cross-sectional study, participants were 3836 people aged >15 years who were selected from the general population of Iran using a convenience sampling method in 2020. The data was collected using a researcher-made, self-report online questionnaire. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to examine factors associated with social avoidance and workplace discriminatory attitudes.
Results The results showed that 56.72% and 49.06% of participants had social avoidance and workplace discrimination attitudes, respectively. Social avoidance was significantly higher in the age group 45-64, urban people, people with high school diploma and university education, college/school students, employed people, and people who had a recovered person at home. Men had 37% less social avoidance compared to women. Workplace discriminatory attitudes were significantly higher in the age group 45- 64, single people, urban people, people with high economic status, and people who had a recovered person at home. Men and people with high school diplomas, and university degrees had lower discriminatory attitudes at the workplace towards COVID-19-recovered patientss.
Conclusion More than half of the general population of Iran avoids contact with patients who recovered from COVID-19, and almost half of the people have workplace discriminatory attitudes towards them.
Methods In this cross-sectional study, participants were 3836 people aged >15 years who were selected from the general population of Iran using a convenience sampling method in 2020. The data was collected using a researcher-made, self-report online questionnaire. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to examine factors associated with social avoidance and workplace discriminatory attitudes.
Results The results showed that 56.72% and 49.06% of participants had social avoidance and workplace discrimination attitudes, respectively. Social avoidance was significantly higher in the age group 45-64, urban people, people with high school diploma and university education, college/school students, employed people, and people who had a recovered person at home. Men had 37% less social avoidance compared to women. Workplace discriminatory attitudes were significantly higher in the age group 45- 64, single people, urban people, people with high economic status, and people who had a recovered person at home. Men and people with high school diplomas, and university degrees had lower discriminatory attitudes at the workplace towards COVID-19-recovered patientss.
Conclusion More than half of the general population of Iran avoids contact with patients who recovered from COVID-19, and almost half of the people have workplace discriminatory attitudes towards them.
Type of Study: Orginal |
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Received: 2023/06/11 | Accepted: 2023/08/27 | Published: 2023/10/1
Received: 2023/06/11 | Accepted: 2023/08/27 | Published: 2023/10/1
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