Background: Self-care is an important concept in the control of Covid -19 disease and a simple and effective way to maintain and improve health. The aim of this study was to examine the role of general health and health literacy in predicting self-care behaviors of patients with Covid-19. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with predictive correlational design. The sample consisted of 3...

Background: Although by comparing the number of deaths to the total number of cases one may conclude that most of the infected cases are recovering, taking a look at the increasing statistics of deaths shows that SARS-CoV-2 continues to take its toll. Since lymphocytes are the main immune cells battling with rapidly evolving viruses, it comes as no surprise to assume that a decreased number of ...

Aims: COIVD-19 Patients suffering from other diseases such as diabetic mellitus, asthma and obstructive pulmonary disease have increased morbidity and mortality rates resulting in more hospitalization and intensive therapy unit admissions. The study aimed to characterise and investigate the clinical pattern and the severity of symptoms in COVID-19 patients and to study its relationship with the...

SARS-CoV-2 is a novel strain of the coronaviruses posing great challenges to the human immune system. Hence, human innate immunity determines how our body responses to the early infection (1-3). According to the studies, coronavirus can cause a range of symptoms by affecting various organs in the body (4, 5). Currently, our hospital is one of the referral centers of COVID-19 in Iran. We would l...

Coronaviruses are a group of enveloped viruses with single-stranded non-segmented positive-sense RNA genomes. InDecember 2019, SARS-CoV-2 appeared in China for the first time and quickly spread throughout the world. Althoughcertain medications suggested for other afflictions tend to be potentially effective for curing the infection, there is noapproved vaccination or drug avai...

Workplaces are susceptible places for exposure to the new coronavirus (Covid-19) infection due to gathering of manypeople. Hence, different instructions have been promoted by international organizations regarding high-risk employeesand the necessity of implementing health policies to prevent exposure and infection in the workplace. Here we reviewedthe required strategies to pr...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic major effect on society people and lead to death of some people. The nurses care staff have been saving lives despite facing the workload and infection risk. Nurses have longer working hours and greater interaction with patients during COVID-19, which can quickly lead to change in quality of life Objective: The study was to assess the impact of the pandemic on...