General psychiatric symptoms among Bangladeshi people approximately one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic

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 approximate...

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Published in:BMC psychiatry 2022-09, Vol.22 (1), p.615-615, Article 615
Main Authors: Banik, Rajon, Islam, Md Saiful, Ahmed, Masruk, Koly, Kamrun Nahar, Mubarak, Mahfuza, Rahman, Mahmudur, Zhai, Zu Wei, Sikder, Md Tajuddin, Potenza, Marc N
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anxiety
Bangladesh
Care and treatment
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demography
Depression
Depression - psychology
Depression, Mental
Diagnosis
Epidemics
Fear
Female
Humans
Insomnia
Loneliness
Male
Mental depression
Middle Aged
Outbreaks
Pandemics
Psychiatry
Psychological aspects
Psychological manifestations of general diseases
Sleep disorders
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - epidemiology
Social networks
Young Adult
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Summary: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. 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. 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 
ISSN:1471-244X
1471-244X
DOI:10.1186/s12888-022-04232-3