Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health among general Bangladeshi population: a cross-sectional study
| Autor: | Rajesh Kumar Das, Rakib Hasan, Sohel Daria, Rabiul Islam |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Population Anxiety Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine anxiety disorders Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires Health care Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education Pandemics Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged education.field_of_study Bangladesh business.industry Depression Public health Loneliness COVID-19 General Medicine Middle Aged Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Mental Health Communicable Disease Control depression & mood disorders Female Public Health adult psychiatry medicine.symptom business Sleep 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Open, Vol 11, Iss 4 (2021) BMJ Open |
| ISSN: | 2044-6055 |
| Popis: | ObjectivesMental health problems significantly increased worldwide during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. At the early stage of the outbreak, the government of Bangladesh imposed lockdown and quarantine approaches to prevent the spread of the virus, which impacted people’s daily life and health. The COVID-19 pandemic has also affected people’s economic status, healthcare facilities and other lifestyle factors in Bangladesh. We aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health among the Bangladeshi population.MethodsWe conducted an online cross-sectional survey among 672 Bangladeshi people aged between 15 and 65 years all over the country from 15 April to 10 May 2020. After obtaining electronic consent, we conducted a survey assessing people’s sociodemographic profiles and psychometric measures. We used The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale-8, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index to assess loneliness, depression, anxiety and sleep disturbance, respectively.ResultsThe prevalence of loneliness, depression, anxiety and sleep disturbance was estimated at 71% (mild: 32%, moderate: 29%, severe: 10%), 38% (mild: 24%, moderate: 11%, severe: 3%), 64% (mild: 30%, moderate: 17%, severe: 17%) and 73% (mild: 50%, moderate: 18%, severe: 5%), respectively. In Bangladesh, the key factors associated with poor mental health during COVID-19 were female sex, unemployment, being a student, obesity and living without a family. The present study also identified statistically significant interrelationships among the measured mental health issues.ConclusionsA large portion of respondents reported mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. The present study suggests longitudinal assessments of mental health among Bangladeshi people to determine the gravity of this issue during and after the pandemic. Appropriate supportive programmes and interventional approaches would address mental health problems in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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