Grace Otinwa, Boluwaji Jaiyesimi, Toba Bamitale, Habeeb Owolabi, Musiliu Owolewa
Eating habits and nutrition status of Nigerian school children in rural and urban areas (NigeriaLINX pilot project)
Heliyon
covid19 pandemic many changes occurred various cultural social economic fields leading creation psychological effects especially anxiety community fear anxiety emerging diseases covid19 less participation preventive behaviors reduce individual resistance ultimately lower ones quality life therefore aimed investigate relationship health literacy generalized anxiety disorder covid19 pandemic khuzestan province iran descriptiveanalytical crosssectional study conducted among participants aged 1865 khuzestan province years 20202021 online sampling due prevalence covid19 impossibility facetoface communication questionnaire designed porseline survey website questionnaire link provided participants whatsapp telegram data collection tool includes iranian health literacy questionnaire includes 33 items generalized anxiety disorder7 scale 7 items based likert scale data analysis performed using stata14 software descriptive analytical statistical tests significant level less 005 mean standard deviation score health literacy 529 93 generalized anxiety disorder 52 31 significant negative correlation found mean anxiety disorder health literacy p 005 frequency health literacy individuals included 427 378 inadequate health literacy 628 556 marginal health literacy 75 66 sufficient health literacy statistically significant difference mean generalized anxiety disorder among individuals different levels health literacy p 005 level health literacy increases prevalence generalized anxiety disorder caused fear covid19 decreases therefore increasing awareness health literacy virus transmission prevention methods effective managing anxiety stress caused covid19 paying attention issue health literacy generalized anxiety disorder promoting preventive behaviors effective tools planners health officials policymakers promote health literacy type disease