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Generalized anxiety disorder among Bangladeshi university students during COVID-19 pandemic: gender specific findings from a cross-sectional study

In the current COVID-19 pandemic there are reports of deteriorating psychological conditions among university students in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs), but very little is known about the gender differences in the mental health conditions on this population. This study aims to assess general...

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Autores principales: Muzaffar, Rasma, Koly, Kamrun Nahar, Choudhury, Sabrina, Biswas, Md Abdullah Al Jubayer, Kader, Shirmin Bintay, Abdullah, Rehnuma, Kawser, Umme, Hasan, M. Tasdik, Williams, Darryn, Chowdhury, Ariful Bari, Ahmed, Helal Uddin
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Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8848456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35194592
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44192-022-00005-2
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author Muzaffar, Rasma
Koly, Kamrun Nahar
Choudhury, Sabrina
Biswas, Md Abdullah Al Jubayer
Kader, Shirmin Bintay
Abdullah, Rehnuma
Kawser, Umme
Hasan, M. Tasdik
Williams, Darryn
Chowdhury, Ariful Bari
Ahmed, Helal Uddin
author_facet Muzaffar, Rasma
Koly, Kamrun Nahar
Choudhury, Sabrina
Biswas, Md Abdullah Al Jubayer
Kader, Shirmin Bintay
Abdullah, Rehnuma
Kawser, Umme
Hasan, M. Tasdik
Williams, Darryn
Chowdhury, Ariful Bari
Ahmed, Helal Uddin
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description In the current COVID-19 pandemic there are reports of deteriorating psychological conditions among university students in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs), but very little is known about the gender differences in the mental health conditions on this population. This study aims to assess generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) among university students using a gender lens during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted using web-based Google forms between May 2020 and August 2020 among 605 current students of two universities in Bangladesh. Within the total 605 study participants, 59.5% (360) were female. The prevalence of mild to severe anxiety disorder was 61.8% among females and 38.2% among males. In the multivariable logistic regression analysis, females were 2.21 times more likely to have anxiety compared to males [AOR: 2.21; CI 95% (1.28–53.70); p-value: 0.004] and participants’ age was negatively associated with increased levels of anxiety (AOR = 0.17; 95% CI = 0.05–0.57; p = 0.001). In addition, participants who were worried about academic delays were more anxious than those who were not worried about it (AOR: 2.82; 95% CI 1.50–5.31, p = 0.001). These findings of this study will add value to the existing limited evidence and strongly advocate in designing gender-specific, low-intensity interventions to ensure comprehensive mental health services for the young adult population of Bangladesh.
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spelling pubmed-88484562022-02-18 Generalized anxiety disorder among Bangladeshi university students during COVID-19 pandemic: gender specific findings from a cross-sectional study Muzaffar, Rasma Koly, Kamrun Nahar Choudhury, Sabrina Biswas, Md Abdullah Al Jubayer Kader, Shirmin Bintay Abdullah, Rehnuma Kawser, Umme Hasan, M. Tasdik Williams, Darryn Chowdhury, Ariful Bari Ahmed, Helal Uddin Discov Ment Health Research In the current COVID-19 pandemic there are reports of deteriorating psychological conditions among university students in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs), but very little is known about the gender differences in the mental health conditions on this population. This study aims to assess generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) among university students using a gender lens during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted using web-based Google forms between May 2020 and August 2020 among 605 current students of two universities in Bangladesh. Within the total 605 study participants, 59.5% (360) were female. The prevalence of mild to severe anxiety disorder was 61.8% among females and 38.2% among males. In the multivariable logistic regression analysis, females were 2.21 times more likely to have anxiety compared to males [AOR: 2.21; CI 95% (1.28–53.70); p-value: 0.004] and participants’ age was negatively associated with increased levels of anxiety (AOR = 0.17; 95% CI = 0.05–0.57; p = 0.001). In addition, participants who were worried about academic delays were more anxious than those who were not worried about it (AOR: 2.82; 95% CI 1.50–5.31, p = 0.001). These findings of this study will add value to the existing limited evidence and strongly advocate in designing gender-specific, low-intensity interventions to ensure comprehensive mental health services for the young adult population of Bangladesh. Springer International Publishing 2022-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8848456/ /pubmed/35194592 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44192-022-00005-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Muzaffar, Rasma
Koly, Kamrun Nahar
Choudhury, Sabrina
Biswas, Md Abdullah Al Jubayer
Kader, Shirmin Bintay
Abdullah, Rehnuma
Kawser, Umme
Hasan, M. Tasdik
Williams, Darryn
Chowdhury, Ariful Bari
Ahmed, Helal Uddin
Generalized anxiety disorder among Bangladeshi university students during COVID-19 pandemic: gender specific findings from a cross-sectional study
title Generalized anxiety disorder among Bangladeshi university students during COVID-19 pandemic: gender specific findings from a cross-sectional study
title_full Generalized anxiety disorder among Bangladeshi university students during COVID-19 pandemic: gender specific findings from a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Generalized anxiety disorder among Bangladeshi university students during COVID-19 pandemic: gender specific findings from a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Generalized anxiety disorder among Bangladeshi university students during COVID-19 pandemic: gender specific findings from a cross-sectional study
title_short Generalized anxiety disorder among Bangladeshi university students during COVID-19 pandemic: gender specific findings from a cross-sectional study
title_sort generalized anxiety disorder among bangladeshi university students during covid-19 pandemic: gender specific findings from a cross-sectional study
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8848456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35194592
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44192-022-00005-2
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