Exploring factors in fear of COVID-19 and its GIS-based nationwide distribution: the case of Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health threat of international concern, intensifying peoples' psychological risk and vulnerability by strengthening mental health stressors such as fear, panic and uncertainty. The unexpected fear of COVID-19 has been reported to be associated with suicide occurrences, similar to prior pandemics.

Aims

Identifying the factors associated with fear of COVID-19 could help us to develop better mental health strategy and practice to improve the situation here in Bangladesh. This was the first attempt to present a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based distribution of fear of COVID-19 across the country's administrative districts in a nationwide sample.

Method

Data for a total of 10 067 individuals were collected by an online s

SUBMITTER: Mamun MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8376996 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature