General psychiatric symptoms among Bangladeshi people approximately one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has had negative physical and mental impacts on people globally. The current study examined general psychiatric symptoms (fear, anxiety, depression, and insomnia) and loneliness, and their interrelationships and correlates among Bangladeshi ind...
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| author | Rajon Banik Md. Saiful Islam Masruk Ahmed Kamrun Nahar Koly Mahfuza Mubarak Mahmudur Rahman Zu Wei Zhai Md. Tajuddin Sikder Marc N. Potenza |
| author_facet | Rajon Banik Md. Saiful Islam Masruk Ahmed Kamrun Nahar Koly Mahfuza Mubarak Mahmudur Rahman Zu Wei Zhai Md. Tajuddin Sikder Marc N. Potenza |
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| description | Abstract Background Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has had negative physical and mental impacts on people globally. The current study examined general psychiatric symptoms (fear, anxiety, depression, and insomnia) and loneliness, and their interrelationships and correlates among Bangladeshi individuals approximately 1 year after the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak. Methods An internet-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1004 Bangladeshi people (51.8% male; mean age: 25.41 ± 7.80; age range: 18–60 years). Data were collected using a semi-structured e-questionnaire including informed consent, socio-demographics, lifestyle measures, and psychometric tools assessing loneliness, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and fear of COVID-19. Results Sizeable participants screened positive for loneliness (63.5%), anxiety (26.3%), depression (46.4%), and insomnia (50.7%). Considerable numbers of respondents also reported fear of COVID-19. In hierarchical regression analyses, loneliness, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and fear of COVID-19 were associated with socio-demographic and lifestyle factors. Loneliness, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and fear of COVID-19 were positively correlated with each other (p < 0.001). In exploratory path analyses, anxiety, depression, and insomnia mediated the relationship between loneliness and fear of COVID-19. Conclusions The findings indicate that many people in Bangladesh have experienced psychiatric concerns approximately 1 year after the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak. Investigation into empirically supported interventions and their implementation is needed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-940712bb7e374a3da2efcc4a2927a1be2022-12-22T03:18:02ZengBMCBMC Psychiatry1471-244X2022-09-0122111510.1186/s12888-022-04232-3General psychiatric symptoms among Bangladeshi people approximately one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemicRajon Banik0Md. Saiful Islam1Masruk Ahmed2Kamrun Nahar Koly3Mahfuza Mubarak4Mahmudur Rahman5Zu Wei Zhai6Md. Tajuddin Sikder7Marc N. Potenza8Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar UniversityDepartment of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar UniversityDepartment of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar UniversityHealth System and Population Studies Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar UniversityDepartment of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar UniversityProgram in Neuroscience, Middlebury CollegeDepartment of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar UniversityDepartment of Psychiatry and Child Study Center, Yale School of MedicineAbstract Background Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has had negative physical and mental impacts on people globally. The current study examined general psychiatric symptoms (fear, anxiety, depression, and insomnia) and loneliness, and their interrelationships and correlates among Bangladeshi individuals approximately 1 year after the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak. Methods An internet-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1004 Bangladeshi people (51.8% male; mean age: 25.41 ± 7.80; age range: 18–60 years). Data were collected using a semi-structured e-questionnaire including informed consent, socio-demographics, lifestyle measures, and psychometric tools assessing loneliness, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and fear of COVID-19. Results Sizeable participants screened positive for loneliness (63.5%), anxiety (26.3%), depression (46.4%), and insomnia (50.7%). Considerable numbers of respondents also reported fear of COVID-19. In hierarchical regression analyses, loneliness, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and fear of COVID-19 were associated with socio-demographic and lifestyle factors. Loneliness, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and fear of COVID-19 were positively correlated with each other (p < 0.001). In exploratory path analyses, anxiety, depression, and insomnia mediated the relationship between loneliness and fear of COVID-19. Conclusions The findings indicate that many people in Bangladesh have experienced psychiatric concerns approximately 1 year after the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak. Investigation into empirically supported interventions and their implementation is needed.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04232-3COVID-19LonelinessAnxietyDepressionInsomniaFear |
| spellingShingle | Rajon Banik Md. Saiful Islam Masruk Ahmed Kamrun Nahar Koly Mahfuza Mubarak Mahmudur Rahman Zu Wei Zhai Md. Tajuddin Sikder Marc N. Potenza General psychiatric symptoms among Bangladeshi people approximately one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic BMC Psychiatry COVID-19 Loneliness Anxiety Depression Insomnia Fear |
| title | General psychiatric symptoms among Bangladeshi people approximately one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | General psychiatric symptoms among Bangladeshi people approximately one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | General psychiatric symptoms among Bangladeshi people approximately one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | General psychiatric symptoms among Bangladeshi people approximately one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | General psychiatric symptoms among Bangladeshi people approximately one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | general psychiatric symptoms among bangladeshi people approximately one year after the onset of the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | COVID-19 Loneliness Anxiety Depression Insomnia Fear |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04232-3 |
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