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<Articles JournalTitle="Acta Medica Iranica">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Acta Medica Iranica</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>0044-6025</Issn>
      <Volume>59</Volume>
      <Issue>10</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>10</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Evaluation of the Impact of Rehabilitation Training on the Knowledge and Attitude of Caregivers of COVID-19 Patients in Iran</title>
    <FirstPage>595</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>598</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohaddeseh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Azadvari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. AND  Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Seyede Zahra</FirstName>
        <LastName>Emami-Razavi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Maryam</FirstName>
        <LastName>Hosseini</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Tehran University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mahsa</FirstName>
        <LastName>Mayeli</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Tchool of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>16</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>23</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Applying rehabilitative measures is shown to be influential in relieving the medical complications of the COVID-19 disease. Herein, we aimed to assess the effect of a rehabilitation training class on the knowledge and attitude of the caregivers of the COVID-19 patients. Twenty-three caregivers voluntarily filled the questionnaire before and after attending a training class that evaluated the participants' beliefs about the four types of rehabilitations in COVID-19, including musculoskeletal, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) prevention. Significant improvement in the caregiver's attitude about the importance of all four rehabilitation types was detected. Also, the knowledge was increased about the necessity of DVT prevention. The level of knowledge in the caregivers of COVID-19 patients in Iran is not satisfactory, which necessitates proper education to achieve the rehabilitation goals rapidly. In-person caregiver training along with presenting pamphlets is of the most useful methods.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/9166</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
