ArticleInternational journal of mental health systems2025
Undiagnosed depressive and anxiety disorders in a nationally representative sample of Bangladeshi and Nepali women: prevalence and associated factors.
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- Population-attributable burden of modifiable risk factors for depression and anxiety among reproductive-age women in Nepal.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Maternal Diet Quality and Third Trimester Depression: Insights From a Nepali Birth Cohort Study.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
- Intimate partner violence and the dual burden of anxiety and depression among women in Zambia: Spatial inequalities and implications for the sustainable development goals.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
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backgroundUndiagnosed depressive and anxiety disorders may be widespread. The study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of undiagnosed depressive and/or anxiety disorders (DAD) among women in two low-resource countries, Bangladesh and Nepal.
methodsData were analyzed from 19,987 women (aged 15-49 years) in the 2022 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey and 7,442 women (aged 15-49 years) in the 2022 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey who completed the interview-administered nationally representative sub-survey component on mental health. DAD was categorized as either 'undiagnosed DAD' (meeting symptom criteria on the PHQ-9 and/or GAD-7 but without a prior diagnosis or treatment) or 'diagnosed DAD' (having a prior diagnosis and/or current treatment). Relative to diagnosed DAD, associations with undiagnosed DAD were estimated using logistic regression.
resultsThe analytic sample included 2,388 women in Bangladesh and 960 women in Nepal with undiagnosed DAD and diagnosed with DAD. The prevalence of undiagnosed DAD was 44.8% in Bangladesh and 60.0% in Nepal. In Bangladesh, in adjusted logistic regression analysis, having a big problem with permission to go to a health facility (Adjusted Odds Ratio-AOR: 1.53, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.21-1.93, p < 0.001), being widowed (AOR: 2.04, 95% CI: 1.40-2.99, p < 0.001) and being divorced or separated (AOR: 2.30, 95% CI:1.40-3.77, p < 0.001) were significantly positively associated with undiagnosed DAD. Having secondary or higher education (AOR: 0.75, 95% CI: 0.58-0.97, p = 0.028) was significantly negatively associated with undiagnosed DAD. In Nepal, compared to the rich or richest wealth status, poor or poorest wealth status (AOR: 1.55, 95% CI: 1.09 to 2.21), compared to Bramin/Chhetri ethnicity, being Dalit (AOR: 1.77, 95% CI: 1.08-2.89) and being Janajati (AOR: 1.72, 95% CI: 1.17-2.54) were positively associated with undiagnosed DAD. Increasing age (AOR: 0.97, 95% CI: 0.96-0.99) was negatively associated and history of cervical cancer screening (AOR: 0.57, 95% CI 0.32-1.02) was marginally negatively associated with undiagnosed DAD.
conclusionNearly half of the women in Bangladesh and three in five women in Nepal had undiagnosed DAD. Targeted interventions addressing these factors are needed to improve mental health screening and access to care for women in Bangladesh and Nepal.
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