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Prevalence and risk factors of COVID-19 suicidal behavior in Bangladeshi population: are healthcare professionals at greater risk?
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Analysing the impact of COVID-19 on the mothers of Bangladesh: hearing the unheard.Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health · 2022Article
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- Suicidal Behavior in the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
- The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal: The role of personality traits and emotion regulation strategies.PloS one · 2022Article
- COVID-19-Related Self-Stigma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Insomnia, and Smartphone Addiction Among Frontline Government Workers with COVID-19 Pandemic Control Duties.Psychology research and behavior management · 2022Article
- Quality of life among Bangladeshi Youth during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: A single-site survey.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2021Article
- Psychosocial stress and trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Bangladesh.Asian social work and policy review · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundCurrent COVID-19 researches suggest that both general population and health-care providers (HCPs) are at risk of elevated psychological sufferings including suicidality. However, suicidality has not been addressed properly, although mental health problems are studied globally. Besides, the extreme fear of COVID-19 infection is being existed among the Bangladeshi HCPs, that is reported by a recent patients' suicide because of HCPs treatment negligence.
methodsA web-based cross-sectional study was administered through the social media platforms. A total 3,388 respondents took part in the survey (mean age 30.1 ± 6.4 years) among them 834 were frontline HCPs (30.7 ± 5.6 years). The measures included socio-demographics, PPE-related and patient-care related information and a question concerned with the COVID-19 suicidal behavior.
resultsAbout 6.1% of the total participants had suicidal behavior, with no detectable differences within the groups (i.e., general population and HCPs). Regression analysis showed that being female, being divorced, and having no child were emerged as independent predictors for suicidality. There was no significant association between the PPE-related or patient-care related variables and suicidal behavior of the HCPs. Majority of the participants sometimes had fear of death although no significant relation of the factor was found with suicidality. LIMITATIONS: The study can be limited because of its nature (i.e., cross-sectional self-reporting online survey) and not considering non-COVID-19 related suicide risk factors etc.
conclusionsThe present findings identified the substantial proportion of the HCPs and general population had COVID 19 related suicidal behavior. It can be used to advocate a large-scale suicide safety plan using a multidisciplinary approach herein.
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