Exploring COVID-19 stress and its factors in Bangladesh: A perception-based study
Exploring COVID-19 stress and its factors in Bangladesh: A perception-based study
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10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04399
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发表时间：
2020-07-01
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Mamun, Mohammed A.
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Didar-Ul Islam, S. M.;Bodrud-Doza, Md;Mamun, Mohammed A.
背景：新冠肺炎大流行聚合了全世界的精神健康问题。自杀未遂是新冠肺炎相关心理负担的极端后果，包括孟加拉国在内的许多国家都有报道。方法：对340名孟加拉成年人(男性占65.90%，平均年龄26.23±6.39)进行了在线调查，调查内容包括社会人口学特征、新冠肺炎疫情可能造成的人文压力及其后果。采用t检验、单因素方差分析、皮尔逊相关矩阵、主成分分析、聚类分析等统计工具对数据进行统计分析。结果：约85.60%的被调查者处于新冠肺炎相关应激状态，导致家庭睡眠不足、脾气暴躁、精神混乱。对新冠肺炎感染的恐惧(即自己和/或家人(S)，和/或亲戚)，阻碍预定的学习计划和未来的职业生涯，以及经济困难被确定为人类压力的主要原因。PCM结果解释了人的压力因素之间的关系，发现经济困难和粮食危机是导致大众压力的原因之一，而正规教育和未来计划的阻碍则产生了求职者的压力。T检验和单因素方差分析表明，人口统计学特征(即职业、年龄、性别和婚姻状况)对心理压力升高有显著影响。此外，PCA和CA的结果显示，受访者对人类应激的感知和因素之间存在显著的交互作用，与该国的现有情景相匹配。结论：考虑到目前的研究结果，有必要出台以时间为导向的政策，并在该国实施护理监测计划，这可能有助于控制疫情以及培育公共心理健康，以应对新冠肺炎相关的心理挑战。
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has aggregated mental health sufferings throughout the entire world. Suicide completions are the extreme consequences of COVID-19 related psychological burdens, which was reported in many countries including Bangladesh. However, there are lack of study assessing COVID-19 related human stress and its' associations with other relevant factors affecting quality of life in the country, and which were explored in the present study.Methods: An online based survey was carried out among 340 Bangladeshi adult populations (65.90% male; mean age 26.23 +/- 6.39) by utilizing the socio-demographics, possible human stress due to COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences. Dataset were analysed through a set of statistical tools e.g., T-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's Correlation Matrix (PCM), Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and Cluster Analysis (CA).Results: About 85.60% of the participants are in COVID-19-related stress, which results in sleep shortness, short temper, and chaos in family. Fear of COVID-19 infection (i.e., self and/or family member(s), and/or relatives), hampering scheduled study plan and future career, and financial difficulties are identified as the main causes of human stress. Results of PCM explain the relationship among the factors of human stress, and found economic hardship and food crisis are linked together causes stress of mass people, while hamper of formal education and future plan create stress of career seeker. T-test, and one-way ANOVA illustrate demographic characteristics (i.e., occupation, age, gender, and marital status) have significant effects on elevated mental stress. Moreover, PCA and CA results revealed significant interface among the respondents' perception and factors of human stress, which matched with the existing scenario of the country.Conclusions: Considering the present findings, it is essential to introduce time-oriented policy, and implement care monitoring plans in the country, which may help in managing the pandemic as well as nurturing the public mental health to combat COVID-19 related psychological challenges.