ArticleDiscover mental health2022
Generalized anxiety disorder among Bangladeshi university students during COVID-19 pandemic: gender specific findings from a cross-sectional study.
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- Prevalence and associated factors of anxiety and depression among women seeking digital mental health services in Bangladesh.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Gender differences in common mental disorders and inequities in access to mental healthcare services in Bangladesh.Discover mental health · 2025Review
- Gender differences in mental health help-seeking behaviour in Bangladesh: findings from a cross-sectional online survey.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Extent of Anxiety Among Married Women in Bangladesh and its Potential Predictors: A Nation-Wide Cross-Sectional Study.Depression and anxiety · 2025Article
- Systems thinking on the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A systematic review.Heliyon · 2023Review
- Mental healthcare-seeking behavior of women in Bangladesh: content analysis of a social media platform.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
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;
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