Prevalence of depression and its associated factors among undergraduate admission candidates in Bangladesh: A nation-wide cross-sectional study.

Md Abu Bakkar SiddikMd Nafiul HasanAl MahmudMorioum Sarkar MunmunMahmudul Hasan MiladAkher AliZobayer AhmedMd Jamal Uddin

Published in: PloS one (2023)

The research found a severe rate of depression among Bangladeshi undergraduate admission candidates. Interactive mental health care programs must include family and teachers to tackle the problem. To alleviate mental stress and depression, students should learn to nurture their mental health.

Keyphrases

mental health
depressive symptoms
emergency department
sleep quality
nursing students
risk factors
medical education
early onset
medical students
mental illness
heat stress