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During the epidemic, individuals face various health risks that impact their personal lives and workplaces, and this is one of the key factors of emotional intelligence. Many factors influence emotional intelligence with health literacy being a significant one. This study aims to explore the relationship between two factors that affect the recovery process of patients with coronavirus. This descriptive-analytical correlational study involved 250 COVID-19 patients at Imam Khomeini Hospital of Urmia in 2020 selected through stratified random sampling. The research utilized a demographic questionnaire, health literacy, and emotional intelligence assessments. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS software, with descriptive statistics such as relative and absolute frequency distributions employed to describe the data. The chi-square test and Spearman correlation were used to assess the relationship between variables. The findings indicated a significant relationship between gender, material status, and education level with health literacy (p-value < 0.05), while no significant relationship was found between income, age, or family history of COVID-19 and health literacy(p-value > 0.05). There was a statistically significant correlation between health literacy and emotional intelligence (p-value < 0.05), as evidenced by the Spearman correlation test revealing a significant relationship between levels of emotional intelligence and health literacy (p-value < 0.05). This study, highlights the connection between emotional intelligence and health literacy. Given the importance of health in enhancing emotional intelligence, interventions to enhance both health literacy and emotional intelligence should be implemented.

Keywords: emotional intelligence, health literacy, COVID-19

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