Mental Health Status of University Students and Working Professionals during the Early Stage of COVID-19 in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT: A novel coronavirus disease known as COVID-19 has spread globally and brought a public health emergency to all nations. To respond to the pandemic, the Bangladesh Government imposed a nationwide lockdown that may have degraded mental health among residents, in particular, university students and working professionals. We examined clinically significant anxiety levels with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale and perceived stress levels with the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4) in an online cross-sectional study with 744 adults. Approximately 70% of respondents were afflicted with clinically significant anxiety levels, and more than 43.82% were afflicted with moderate or high perceived stress levels. Multivariate logistic regression models showed that postgraduates (OR = 2.78, 95% c

SUBMITTER: Patwary MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9180371 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature