Depressive symptoms among cigarette smokers and non-smokers during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary findings from Bangladeshi male university students
University students may be particularly vulnerable to develop mental disorders, including depression, due to sudden and unexpected changes in their daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed to assess depression among male smokers and non-smokers university students during the...
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| author | Achiya Khanom Most. Zannatul Ferdous Md. Saiful Islam Ummay Soumayia Islam Hailay Abrha Gesesew Paul R Ward |
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| description | University students may be particularly vulnerable to develop mental disorders, including depression, due to sudden and unexpected changes in their daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed to assess depression among male smokers and non-smokers university students during the first wave of COVID-19 in Bangladesh. A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 444 university male students using convenient and snowball sampling with a 1:1 ratio of male smokers and non-smokers from July to October, 2020. The prevalence estimates of moderate to severe depression were 53.6 % and 22.1 %, respectively among male smokers and non-smokers with an overall prevalence rate of 37.9 %. The participants who smoked cigarette were 4.05 times more likely to have depression compared to those who did not smoke (AOR = 4.05; 95 % CI = 2.60–6.30, p < 0.001). The following factors were found to be associated with depression: being smokers, having family members who lost jobs due to the impact of COVID-19, and having food scarcity due to COVID-19. The findings suggest mental health awareness and psychosocial support programs with a special focus on quitting smoking behavior among university students. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1dcbe40a262d499c98f6345630cf94362024-12-14T06:33:50ZengElsevierEmerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health2667-11822024-12-014100155Depressive symptoms among cigarette smokers and non-smokers during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary findings from Bangladeshi male university studentsAchiya Khanom0Most. Zannatul Ferdous1Md. Saiful Islam2Ummay Soumayia Islam3Hailay Abrha Gesesew4Paul R Ward5Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, BangladeshDepartment of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, BangladeshDepartment of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh; Centre for Advanced Research Excellence in Public Health, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh; Corresponding author at: Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh.Department of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, BangladeshResearch Centre for Public Health, Equity and Human Flourishing, Torrens University Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia; Department of Epidemiology, School of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, EthiopiaResearch Centre for Public Health, Equity and Human Flourishing, Torrens University Australia, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaUniversity students may be particularly vulnerable to develop mental disorders, including depression, due to sudden and unexpected changes in their daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed to assess depression among male smokers and non-smokers university students during the first wave of COVID-19 in Bangladesh. A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 444 university male students using convenient and snowball sampling with a 1:1 ratio of male smokers and non-smokers from July to October, 2020. The prevalence estimates of moderate to severe depression were 53.6 % and 22.1 %, respectively among male smokers and non-smokers with an overall prevalence rate of 37.9 %. The participants who smoked cigarette were 4.05 times more likely to have depression compared to those who did not smoke (AOR = 4.05; 95 % CI = 2.60–6.30, p < 0.001). The following factors were found to be associated with depression: being smokers, having family members who lost jobs due to the impact of COVID-19, and having food scarcity due to COVID-19. The findings suggest mental health awareness and psychosocial support programs with a special focus on quitting smoking behavior among university students.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266711822400014XSmokersNon-smokersDepressionCOVID-19University StudentsBangladesh |
| spellingShingle | Achiya Khanom Most. Zannatul Ferdous Md. Saiful Islam Ummay Soumayia Islam Hailay Abrha Gesesew Paul R Ward Depressive symptoms among cigarette smokers and non-smokers during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary findings from Bangladeshi male university students Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health Smokers Non-smokers Depression COVID-19 University Students Bangladesh |
| title | Depressive symptoms among cigarette smokers and non-smokers during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary findings from Bangladeshi male university students |
| title_full | Depressive symptoms among cigarette smokers and non-smokers during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary findings from Bangladeshi male university students |
| title_fullStr | Depressive symptoms among cigarette smokers and non-smokers during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary findings from Bangladeshi male university students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Depressive symptoms among cigarette smokers and non-smokers during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary findings from Bangladeshi male university students |
| title_short | Depressive symptoms among cigarette smokers and non-smokers during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary findings from Bangladeshi male university students |
| title_sort | depressive symptoms among cigarette smokers and non smokers during the first wave of covid 19 pandemic preliminary findings from bangladeshi male university students |
| topic | Smokers Non-smokers Depression COVID-19 University Students Bangladesh |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266711822400014X |
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