Raia Rosenbloom, Rose A Mason, Howard P Wills, Benjamin A Mason
Technology delivered self-monitoring application to promote successful inclusion of an elementary student with autism
Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA
covid19 pandemic cause psychological distress hemodialysis patients chronic kidney disease may particularly vulnerable aim study investigate anxiety levels among patients undergoing hemodialysis covid19 pandemic explore relationship health literacy anxiety study recruited 149 hemodialysis patients two hospitals july 16th july 31st 2021 patient data collected using questionnaires general characteristics health literacy generalized anxiety coronavirus diseaserelated anxiety used coronavirus anxiety scale cas korean version generalized anxiety disorder gad scale evaluate anxiety symptoms patients statistical analyses performed using descriptive statistics ttest mannwhitney utest oneway anova kruskalwallis test spearmans rank correlation results showed health literacy increased decreasing age increasing educational level among patients source health information internet among patients without comorbidities patients comorbidities showed high levels general anxiety patients search health information 1 hour high levels coronavirus diseaserelated anxiety cas gad showed significant negative correlation subdomains health literacy except critical health literacy results study highlight need followup study whether health literacy programs reduce anxiety levels patients undergoing hemodialysis infectious disease outbreaks addition provision social support patients comorbidity essential reducing anxiety levels disease outbreaks