Rasma Muzaffar, Kamrun Nahar Koly, Sabrina Choudhury, Md Abdullah Al Jubayer Biswas, Shirmin Bintay Kader, Rehnuma Abdullah, Umme Kawser, M Tasdik Hasan, Darryn Williams, Ariful Bari Chowdhury, Helal Uddin Ahmed
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摘要
在当前的COVID-19大流行中,有报告称中低收入国家大学生的心理状况正在恶化,但人们对这一人群心理健康状况的性别差异知之甚少。本研究旨在利用性别视角评估新冠肺炎大流行期间大学生的广泛性焦虑障碍(GAD)。在2020年5月至2020年8月期间,使用基于网络的谷歌表格对孟加拉国两所大学的605名在校学生进行了横断面研究。在605名研究参与者中,59.5%(360人)是女性。轻至重度焦虑障碍的患病率女性为61.8%,男性为38.2%。在多变量logistic回归分析中,女性出现焦虑的可能性是男性的2.21倍[AOR: 2.21;Ci 95% (1.28-53.70);p值:0.004],参与者的年龄与焦虑水平的增加呈负相关(AOR = 0.17;95% ci = 0.05-0.57;p = 0.001)。此外,担心学业延迟的参与者比不担心学业延迟的参与者更焦虑(AOR: 2.82;95% CI 1.50-5.31, p = 0.001)。本研究的这些发现将增加现有有限证据的价值,并大力提倡设计针对性别的低强度干预措施,以确保为孟加拉国青年提供全面的心理健康服务。
Generalized anxiety disorder among Bangladeshi university students during COVID-19 pandemic: gender specific findings from a cross-sectional study.
In the current COVID-19 pandemic there are reports of deteriorating psychological conditions among university students in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs), but very little is known about the gender differences in the mental health conditions on this population. This study aims to assess generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) among university students using a gender lens during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted using web-based Google forms between May 2020 and August 2020 among 605 current students of two universities in Bangladesh. Within the total 605 study participants, 59.5% (360) were female. The prevalence of mild to severe anxiety disorder was 61.8% among females and 38.2% among males. In the multivariable logistic regression analysis, females were 2.21 times more likely to have anxiety compared to males [AOR: 2.21; CI 95% (1.28-53.70); p-value: 0.004] and participants' age was negatively associated with increased levels of anxiety (AOR = 0.17; 95% CI = 0.05-0.57; p = 0.001). In addition, participants who were worried about academic delays were more anxious than those who were not worried about it (AOR: 2.82; 95% CI 1.50-5.31, p = 0.001). These findings of this study will add value to the existing limited evidence and strongly advocate in designing gender-specific, low-intensity interventions to ensure comprehensive mental health services for the young adult population of Bangladesh.