Gulam Rabbani :
A large portion of university students of the country are suffering from mental disturbances during the lockdown restrictions imposed by the government to prevent the infection of the novel coronavirus, revels a recent study.
The 10.41 percent students are suffering from severe mental health imbalance, 12.57 percent from less severe mental imbalance, 72.7 percent from moderate imbalance and 4.32 percent from mild mental health imbalance, according to the study.
The results showed that insecurity, slandering on social media, and smoking habits have increased the mental health imbalances of students during the lockdown period.
In contrast, spending of more time with family members, and participation in household works reduced the mental health disturbances of students.
Mental health plans and job security improved communication with family members, not flattening illusive news, and preoccupation in household activities may enhance the mental health status of the university students, also showed the result of the study.
The survey was conducted on a total number of 509 participants, where 358 (70.3%) are from public and 151 (29.7%) are form private university students. Among them, 298 (58.5%) students were males and 211 (41.5%) females.
In the sample population, 96.7% of students were aged between 18 to 28, and 88.8% of students were living with their family members. Additionally, 74.3% students were living in an urban area, 99.2% of the students had awareness about Covid-19, 65.8% of students faced insecurity and stress, and 79.9% of students felt uncomfortable thinking about Covid-19.
The data was collected via an online questionnaire (Google Form) from students after 110 days of home-quarantine following the lockdown declared by the government on March 25, 2020. The respondents in the target population were sampled following the convenient sampling strategy.
The study was conducted by five researchers headed by Nahid Salma, an Assistant Professor of Jahangirnagar University, and a research paper based on the study has been published in the ‘Journal of Public Health’, a British-German based journal, on April 17 this year.
The survey said most of the students seemed unusually stressed concerning their eventual career and education because there is an age limitation for obtaining a government job. That is why the researchers suggested that the Government and policymakers should take significant actions to minimize mental health problems in university students in Bangladesh.
The result of the research designated that university students’ mental health status regarding the pandemic situation was associated with the age of the students. Besides, the students who live in urban areas compared to those who live in rural areas suffer more stress. This situation occurs because of the strong maintenance of this deadly pandemic
Research result shows
varsity students suffer mental agony in lockdown period
Gulam Rabbani
A large portion of university students of the country are suffering from mental disturbances during the lockdown restrictions imposed by the government to prevent the infection of the novel coronavirus, revels a recent study.
The 10.41 percent students are suffering from severe mental health imbalance, 12.57 percent from less severe mental imbalance, 72.7 percent from moderate imbalance and 4.32 percent from mild mental health imbalance, according to the study.
The results showed that insecurity, slandering on social media, and smoking habits have increased the mental health imbalances of students during the lockdown period.
In contrast, spending of more time with family members, and participation in household works reduced the mental health disturbances of students.
Mental health plans and job security improved communication with family members, not flattening illusive news, and preoccupation in household activities may enhance the mental health status of the university students, also showed the result of the study.
The survey was conducted on a total number of 509 participants, where 358 (70.3%) are from public and 151 (29.7%) are form private university students. Among them, 298 (58.5%) students were males and 211 (41.5%) females.
In the sample population, 96.7% of students were aged between 18 to 28, and 88.8% of students were living with their family members. Additionally, 74.3% students were living in an urban area, 99.2% of the students had awareness about Covid-19, 65.8% of students faced insecurity and stress, and 79.9% of students felt uncomfortable thinking about Covid-19.
The data was collected via an online questionnaire (Google Form) from students after 110 days of home-quarantine following the lockdown declared by the government on March 25, 2020. The respondents in the target population were sampled following the convenient sampling strategy.
The study was conducted by five researchers headed by Nahid Salma, an Assistant Professor of Jahangirnagar University, and a research paper based on the study has been published in the ‘Journal of Public Health’, a British-German based journal, on April 17 this year.
The survey said most of the students seemed unusually stressed concerning their eventual career and education because there is an age limitation for obtaining a government job. That is why the researchers suggested that the Government and policymakers should take significant actions to minimize mental health problems in university students in Bangladesh.
The result of the research designated that university students’ mental health status regarding the pandemic situation was associated with the age of the students. Besides, the students who live in urban areas compared to those who live in rural areas suffer more stress. This situation occurs because of the strong maintenance of this deadly pandemic
