Sabuj Kanti Mistry|Arm Mehrab Ali|Mohammed Anwar Hossain|Uday Narayan Yadav|Saruna Ghimire|Md. Ashfikur Rahman|Nafis Md Irfan|Rumana Huque
Exploring depressive symptoms and its associates among Bangladeshi older adults amid COVID-19 pandemic: findings from a cross-sectional study
Child Health Research Foundation|Child Health Research Foundation|BRAC University|UNSW Sydney|Miami University|Khulna University|University of Dhaka|ARK Foundation
depression one common mental disorders upsurging worldwide amid ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 pandemic especially among older population study aims measure prevalent depressive symptoms associates among older adults amid covid19 pandemic bangladesh crosssectional study carried among 1032 older bangladeshi adults aged 60 years telephone interviews october 2020 used semistructured questionnaire collect data participants sociodemographic lifestyle characteristics preexisting medical conditions covid19related information meanwhile depressive symptoms measured using 15item geriatric depression scale gds15 binary logistic regression model used identify factors associated depressive symptoms twoinfive participants showed depressive symptoms gds15 scale poor socioeconomic characteristic low family income dependency family living recipient financial support pandemic associated higher odds depressive symptoms participants preexisting medical conditions 91 higher odds depressive symptoms social isolation captured terms living alone aor 211 95 ci 111401 less frequent communication pandemic aor 155 95 ci 107226 perceived loneliness aor 225 95 ci 147345 isolation others aor 245 95 ci 162370 associated higher odds depressive symptoms study found sizeable proportion study participants depressive symptoms amidst ongoing pandemic findings present study call urgent need mental health support package targeting vulnerable group population