Mental health status of early married girls during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study in the southwestern region of Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to unemployment, the prolonged lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic caused panic and deepened poverty, especially among lower-class and marginal people. The related financial crises led to harmful practices such as the early marriage of adolescent girls, which deteriorated these girl's mental state.

Aims

This study attempted to assess the prevalence of mental health problems among early married girls and determine the associated predictors of the growing mental health burden.

Methods

This cross-sectional survey was conducted during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Dumuria Upazila in the Khulna district of Bangladesh. Data were collected purposively from 304 girls who were married off during the COVID-19 pandemic, this was carried out between

SUBMITTER: Nishat JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9849885 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature