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ArticlePloS one2024

Common mental health problems and associated factors among recovered COVID-19 patients in rural area: A community-based survey in Bangladesh.

Zobayer Ibne Zaid, Anika Tasnim, Md Maruf Haque Khan, Zubair Ahmed Ratan, Mohammad Tanvir Islam, M Atiqul Haque

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Zobayer Ibne ZaidHealth Service Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Anika TasnimDepartment of Public Health and Informatics, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Md Maruf Haque KhanDepartment of Public Health and Informatics, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Zubair Ahmed RatanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh.
Mohammad Tanvir IslamDepartment of Internal Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
M Atiqul HaqueDepartment of Public Health and Informatics, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0002-7598-2550

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purposeSince the coronavirus (COVID-19) was announced as being a global pandemic on 11 March, governments from all parts of the world declared a quarantine period, during which people were prohibited from leaving their homes (except for essential activities) to contain the spread of the virus. Since then, the population has faced different levels of restrictions (i.e., mobility, social activities) that limited participation in normal daily routines. Consequently, these restrictions may have adversely changed physical activity, diet, sleep patterns, and screen time or work routine. So, the pandemic has had profound influence on the mental health of the entire societies. As the mental health status of Bangladeshi patients living in rural area that have recovered from COVID-19 has not been previously studied, this gap is addressed through the present investigation focusing on one rural Bangladeshi community.

methodsA convenience sampling method was employed to recruit participants for this cross-sectional study. Data was gathered by conducting face-to-face interviews with 243 recovered COVID-19 patients (as confirmed by a positive Reverse Transcription PCR test) attending a local primary health care facility center and instructed to consider how they felt in the preceding week.

resultsBy administering a validated Bengali version of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) to measure participants' mental health status, we noted that 24% of the sample exhibited depressive symptoms. In addition, 30.9% and 21.8% of the participants experienced stress symptoms and reported anxiety, respectively. Sociodemographic factors such as female sex, lower educational level, living away from family, smaller living accommodations, and lower economic status significantly predicted mental health outcomes in multivariate logistic regressions.

conclusionThese results may help health care providers formulate proper mental health interventions and preventive measures to minimize the mental health problems among patients that have recovered from COVID-19.

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COVID-19AnxietyBangladeshCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleHumansMental HealthSARS-CoV-2

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PMCPMC10984393

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