Anxiety and Depression among Tertiary Level Students in Bangladesh during COVID-19 Outbreak

Hossain, Abu Hasanat Mohammad Kishowar; Ahmed, Helal Uddin; Oshru, Reun Tanzin; Yunus, MD Yeasir

doi:10.30473/ijohp.2020.53617.1093

Document Type : research

Authors

¹ Department of Population Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

² Child Adolescent & Family Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh

https://doi.org/10.30473/ijohp.2020.53617.1093

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to find out the anxiety and depression level among tertiary students in Bangladesh during COVID-19 outbreak.
Method: The online survey design was used in this study. To measure anxiety and depression, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scales were used. Binary logistic regression was performed to assess the impact of several factors on the likelihood of reporting anxiety and depression by respondents.
Results: The strongest predictor of binary logistic regression of reporting anxiety was gender (OR: 2.848; 95% CI; 1.836-4.417; p<.001), indicating that female students had about 2.9 times more likely to report anxiety than male students. The duration of using social media (OR: 0.567; 95% CI; 0.329-0.978; p<0.05) was also affecting the level of anxiety of the students. Depression was reported to be affected by the present living place (OR: 0.507; 95% CI; 0.316-0.814; p=.005).
Conclusion: This study showed that students had different levels of anxiety and depression. Gender, the present living place, and the duration of using social media were the significant factors for anxiety disorder. Depression was also getting affected by the present living place and the duration of using social media.

Keywords

Article Title [Persian]

Anxiety and Depression among Tertiary Level Students in Bangladesh during COVID-19 Outbreak

Authors [Persian]

Abu Hasanat Mohammad Kishowar Hossain ¹
Helal Uddin Ahmed ²
Reun Tanzin Oshru ¹
Yunus MD Yeasir ¹

Abstract [Persian]

Keywords [Persian]

Anxiety
Depression
COVID-19
Bangladesh
Students
Helth

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