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Depression and anxiety among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: A web-based cross-sectional survey

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Islam, Md. Akhtarul, Barna, Sutapa Dey, Raihan, Hasin, Khan, Md. Nafiul Alam, Hossain, Md. Tanvir·2020·PLOS ONE
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0238162PMC PMC7449469
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of depression and anxiety among Bangladeshi university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also aimed at identifying the determinants of depression and anxiety. A total of 476 university students living in Bangladesh participated in this cross-sectional web-based survey. A standardized e-questionnaire was generated using the Google Form, and the link was shared through social media-Facebook. The information was analyzed in three consecutive levels, such as univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis. Students were experiencing heightened depression and anxiety. Around 15% of the students reportedly had moderately severe depression, whereas 18.1% were severely suffering from anxiety. The binary logistic regression suggests that older students have greater depression (OR = 2.886, 95% CI = 0.961-8.669). It is also evident that students who provided private tuition in the pre-pandemic period had depression (OR = 1.199, 95% CI = 0.736-1.952). It is expected that both the government and universities could work together to fix the academic delays and financial problems to reduce depression and anxiety among university students.

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Authors
Islam, M. A., Barna, S. D., Raihan, H., Khan, M. N. A., & Hossain, M. T.
Affiliations
Khulna University (BD)
Corresponding author
Islam, Md. Akhtarul
ORCID
Venue
PLOS ONE
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2020-08-26
Volume
15
Issue
8
Pages
e0238162
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0238162
PMC
PMC7449469
OpenAlex
W3081367520
Cited by
834
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 26 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 84 · 2023: 182 · 2022: 242 · 2021: 240 · 2020: 25
FWCI
68.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften (ZB MED) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Greater South Information System
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Keywords
depression, anxiety, university students, COVID-19 pandemic, prevalence, risk factors, age, private tutoring, academic delay, financial problems, Bangladesh
MeSH terms
COVID-19, Adolescent, Anxiety, Bangladesh, Communicable Disease Control, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Pneumonia, Viral, Surveys and Questionnaires, Students, Universities, Logistic Models, Coronavirus Infections, Young Adult, Pandemics

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