- Title
- Psychological distress among bangladeshi dental students during the covid-19 pandemic
- Creator
- Sabrina, Farah; Chowdhury, Mohammad; Nath, Sujan; Imon, Ashik; Abdul Quader, S.; Jahan, Md Shahed; Noor, Ashek; Podder, Clopa; Gainju, Unisha; Niroula, Rina; Rahman, Muhammad Aziz
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/186668
- Identifier
- vital:16935
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010176
- Identifier
- ISBN:1661-7827 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Background: Psychological sufferings are observed among dental students during their academic years, which had been intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objectives: This study assessed the levels and identified factors associated with psychological distress, fear and coping experienced by dental undergraduate students in Bangladesh. Methods: A cross sectional online survey was conducted during October-November, 2021. The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K-10), Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) and Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS) were used in order to assess psychological distress, fear and coping strategies, respectively. Results: A total of 327 students participated; the majority (72%) were 19–23 years old and females (75%). One in five participants were infected with COVID-19 and 15% reported contact with COVID-19 cases. Negative financial impact (AOR 3.72, 95% CIs 1.28–10.8), recent or past COVID-19 infection, and contact with COVID-19 cases were associated with higher levels of psychological distress; but being a third year student (0.14, 0.04–0.55) and being satisfied about current social life (0.11, 0.03–0.33) were associated with lower levels of psychological distress. Being a third year (0.17, 0.08–0.39) and a fourth year student (0.29, 0.12–0.71) were associated with lower levels of fear. Health care service use and feeling positive about life were associated with medium to high resilience coping. Conclusions: This study identified dental students in Bangladesh who were at higher risk of psychological distress, fear and coping during the ongoing pandemic. Development of a mental health support system within dental institutions should be considered in addition to the academic and clinical teaching. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Relation
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Vol. 19, no. 1 (2022), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021 by the authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- MD Multidisciplinary; Bangladesh; Coping; COVID-19; Dental; Fear; Mental health; Psychological distress
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