The Association Between Financial Hardship and Mental Health Difficulties Among Adult Wage Earners During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh

Findings From a Cross-Sectional Analysis

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ID15519798
AutoresMst Sadia Sultana (0000-0002-3991-4198, Jahangirnagar University, autor correspondente), Abid Hasan Khan (0000-0002-1761-4813, Jahangirnagar University), Sahadat Hossain (0009-0006-8829-0007, Jahangirnagar University), Tauhidul Islam (0000-0002-7885-5856, Sylhet Agricultural University), M Tasdik Hasan (0000-0002-3256-093X, University of Liverpool), Helal Uddin Ahmed (0000-0003-4106-218X), Zezhi Li (0000-0001-9149-5800, Guangzhou Medical University, autor correspondente), Jahangir Khan (0000-0002-6151-764X, University of Gothenburg), Jahangir A M Khan
Ano2021
Volume12
Páginas635884-635884
Data de publicação2021-09-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
EditoraFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2021.635884
PMID34616314
OpenAlexW3161753169
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas45

Background: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created several challenges including financial burdens that may result in mental health conditions. This study was undertaken to gauge mental health difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic and gain an insight into wage earners' mental health. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted through an online survey. A t total of 707 individual Bangladeshi wage earners were enrolled between 20 and 30 May 2020. The questionnaire had sections on sociodemographic information, COVID-19 related questions, PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scales. STATA version 14.1 program was used to carry out all the analyses. Results: The study revealed that 58.6 and 55.9% of the respondents had moderate to severe anxiety and depressive symptoms, respectively. The total monthly income was p ≤ 0.01). Perceiving the upcoming financial crisis as a stressor was a potential risk factor for anxiety (OR = 1.91; 95% CI:1.32-2.77) and depressive symptoms (OR = 1.50; 95% CI:1.04-2.16). Limitations: The online survey method used in this study limits the generalizability of the findings and self-reported answers might include selection and social desirability bias as a community-based survey was not possible during the pandemic. Conclusion: Wage earners in a low resource setting like Bangladesh require mental health attention and financial consideration to deal with mental health difficulties

Anxiety · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Cross-sectional study · Depression (economics · Depressive symptoms · Developmental psychology · Economics · Generalizability theory · Household income · Labour economics · Mental health · Pandemic · Patient Health Questionnaire · Psychiatry · Salary · Stressor · Wage · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Internal Medicine