Anxiety, mental pressure and stress frequency among Bangladeshi university students: A questionnaire stud
1 Department of Pharmacy, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
2 Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Research Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2024, 26(01), 283–290.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2024.26.1.0029
Publication history:
Received on 13 December 2023; revised on 22 January 2024; accepted on 24 January 2024
Abstract:
Background: One of the growing public health issues in many low- and middle-income nations is anxiety disorder. A rising number of student in Bangladesh are showing these signs, despite the paucity of research supporting our claims. The goal of this study was to find out how common anxiety is among public university students and what factors are linked to it.
Methods: An organized set of questions was used to collect the data, one of which was dedicated to demographics. The generalized anxiety disorder scale was utilized to assess anxiety, and the Physical Activity Questionnaire scale was used to test different levels of physical activity. Based on its careful validity and applicability, we juxtaposed the different variables to ascertain the association of various factor related to it.
Results: The reading time per day was quite low and it was 6.8 hours for JU students, 7.1 hours for DU students. From the study we can conclude that most the participants are engaged low physical activity. In case of Jahangirnagar university among 97 respondents, 38 respondents were in relationships and 59 students were not in relationships. Whereas 61 respondents were mentally satisfied but 36 were mentally dissatisfied. In case of Dhaka university among 25 respondents, 8 were in relationships and 17 were not in relationships, where 12 respondents were mentally satisfied but 12 respondents were mentally dissatisfied and most the respondents (47.54%) follow ideal sleep duration according to dataset.
Conclusion: In Bangladesh's public universities, anxiety is a common occurrence among students. Evidence-based health programs—such as healthy school trials—and policies should be implemented in light of the study's findings in order to reduce the incidence of anxiety among Bangladeshi adults and the students.
Keywords:
Mental Stress; University; Post Graduate Students; Family Income; Sleeping Time
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