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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was first to translate (into Persian) and evaluate the psychometric properties of the attitudes toward the use of quarantine questionnaire (PAQ). METHODS This methodological study was conducted on 1000 adults' participants in Iran, using convenience sampling. Based on permission from the developer of the scale, it was back translated. Content validity, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were tested. Reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated with Test-retest and internal consistency. RESULTS The adequacy of sample was acceptable due to the results of Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test (0.788), and Bartlett's test of sphericity revealed statistically significant results (P<0.001). Exploratory factor analysis showed the four-factor structure of the instrument. Reliability of the scale was 0.77 based on internal consistency. Also, Intra-class reliability of the scale was 0.9. The attitude of the maximum number of respondents towards quarantine is positive and they support quarantine in pandemic of COVID-19 in Iran. CONCLUSIONS Current study showed that the Persian version of attitudes toward the use of quarantine (PAQ) in Iranian population including of 17 items could be used as a valid and reliable instrument.