Determinants of anxiety and depression among Bangladeshi adults during COVID-19 lockdown: An online survey

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Md Khalid Hasan¹  Farhin Islam²  Muhammad Asif Hossain Khan³  Mohammad Sharif Ul Islam⁴  Md Rabiul Haque⁵  Md Salim Hossain⁶ 

[1] Corresponding author.;Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, 2408, Cyprus;Unit for Research in Emergency and Disaster, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, 33006, Spain;Department of Information Science and Library Management, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh;Department of Population Sciences, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh;Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh;

关键词: COVID-19;    Anxiety;    Depression;    Adults;    Mental health;    Bangladesh;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Human health and well-being are adversely affected by the effects of COVID-19. This study examined the prevalence of anxiety and depression during COVID-19 lockdown in Bangladesh, and their association with some less explored factors like perceived and relative health status, having elderly members in the family, fear for own and family future, and others from the Asian context. Methods: Using an online survey, data were collected from the population aged 18 years and above, on socio-demographic and economic attributes, and two separate standardized twelve-item scales were used to assess the level of anxiety and depression. Both descriptive and multivariate linear regression were used to analyze the factors associated with anxiety and depression scores. Results: The respondents had an average anxiety score of 21.74 (SD = 8.20) on a scale ranging from 12 to 60 and an average depression score of 24.39 (SD = 10.30) on the same scale. The study findings revealed that respondents' concern for future well-being, perceived physical health status compared to others in the same cohort, and perceived physical health status during the survey compared to prior COVID-19 were significantly associated with anxiety and depression scores during COVID-19 lockdown. In addition, the anxiety score was significantly higher (p = 0.046) for women respondents than men. Moreover, respondents aged 18–24 years had significantly higher (p < 0.001) depression than others. Conclusions: The increased level of anxiety and depression during COVID-19 of adult people in Bangladesh are associated with several factors of which their greater concern about the future of their own and family members and health-related attributes are important. These findings may lead to developing interventions to reduce the psychological crisis during the pandemic in Bangladesh.

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