Assessing the psychological condition among general people of Bangladesh during COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 has been termed as "coronaphobia" due to the overwhelming negative universal impact. The rapid transmission of the responsible novel coronavirus has compelled the situation worse day by day. Bangladesh is one of the hardest hit countries in this pandemic. This cross-sectional study intended to evaluate the psychological condition among general people of Bangladesh throughout the pandemic. The convenient and snowball sampling technique was applied to collect the responses through rapid online survey. The linear regression models were employed to demonstrate the association between DASS 21 subscales and responses. Respondents were observed with the prevalence of normal depression (38.68%) followed by moderate (21.41%) and severe depressions (16.82%). The prevalence of anxiety and stress among the participants was also normal and…