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Assessment of mental well-being and its socio-economic determinants among older adults in the Rohingya refugee camp of Bangladesh.

Afsana Anwar, Nahida Akter, Uday Narayan Yadav, Saruna Ghimire, Shovon Bhattacharjee, Sumaiya Zabin Eusufzai, Rashidul Alam Mahumud, A R M Mehrab Ali, Md Nazmul Huda, Md Saiful Islam Majumder and 6 more

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Afsana AnwarDiscipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Nahida AkterMaternal and Child Health Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Uday Narayan YadavNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Saruna GhimireDepartment of Sociology and Gerontology and Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA.
Shovon BhattacharjeeBiosecurity Program, The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Sumaiya Zabin EusufzaiSchool of Dental Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, 16150, Kota Bharu, Malaysia.
Rashidul Alam MahumudNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia.
A R M Mehrab AliARCED Foundation, 13/1 Pallabi, Mirpur-12, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Md Nazmul HudaDiscipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Md Saiful Islam MajumderMinistry of Public Administration, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Arnob ZahidWaikato Management School, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Probal Kumar MondalSonali Bank PLC, Chapainawabganj Branch, Bangladesh.
Abu Ansar Md RizwanDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Suvasish Das ShuvoDepartment of Nutrition and Food Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh.
Simon RosenbaumDiscipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Sabuj Kanti MistryARCED Foundation, 13/1 Pallabi, Mirpur-12, Dhaka, Bangladesh. smitra411@gmail.com.

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Abstract

Older adults residing in refugee settlements with unhealthy living environments, inadequate access to health care services, and limited psychosocial support are vulnerable to experience mental health problems jeopardizing their mental well-being. The present study aims to explore the mental well-being status and its socio-economic determinants among the older adults living in the Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. This cross-sectional study was conducted among adults aged ≥ 60 residing in five sub-camps within the Rohingya refugee camp of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews conducted between November and December 2021. The 14-item Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale was used to assess mental well-being. A cumulated score was derived using the scale ranging from 14 to 70, with higher scores indicating greater levels of mental well-being. A generalized linear regression model was used to examine the socio-economic factors associated with the mental well-being of older adults. A total of 864 older adults participated in the study having a mean mental well-being score of 45.4. Regression analysis revealed that the difference in the logs of mental well-being score was expected to be significantly lower among participants aged 70-79 years (β: - 1.661; 95% CI: - 2.750 to - 0.572; p = 0.003), aged ≥ 80 years (β: - 3.198; 95% CI: - 5.114 to - 1.282; p = 0.001), and those with any non-communicable chronic conditions (β: - 2.903; 95% CI: - 3.833 to - 1.974; p < 0.001) when compared to their counterparts. Conversely, the difference in the logs of mental well-being score was expected to be significantly higher among individuals with formal schooling (β: 3.370, 95% CI: 1.855 to 4.886, p < 0.001) and those having additional income besides aid (β: 1.629; 95% CI: 0.642 to 2.615; p = 0.001), compared to their respective counterparts. Our findings highlight the need to provide psychosocial assistance to older individuals, particularly those who live in large families, suffer from chronic diseases, and live in socio-economic deprivation.

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Mental HealthRefugee CampsRefugeesSocioeconomic FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overBangladeshCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedAgeingBangladeshMental well-beingRohingya refugee

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