Najmuj Sakib, A. K. M. Israfil Bhuiyan, Sahadat Hossain, Firoj Al‐Mamun et al.
Abstract The recently developed Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) is a seven-item uni-dimensional scale that assesses the severity of fears of COVID-19. Given the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh, we aimed to translate and validate the FCV-19S in Bangla. The forward-backward translation...
Mohammed A. Mamun, Najmuj Sakib, David Gozal, A. K. M. Israfil Bhuiyan et al.
BACKGROUND: As with other countries worldwide, lockdown measures during the COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh were sudden and unexpected, and have the capacity to elicit serious psychological consequences. The present study examined the psychological consequences of COVID-19 in Bangladesh during the l...
Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Md. Bodrud-Doza, Mark D. Griffiths, Mohammed A. Mamun
Biomedical waste is a threat to global public environmental health, especially in the lower-middle-income countries such as Bangladesh. Worldwide, it is estimated that at least 5·2 million people, including 4 million children, die each year because of diseases related to unmanaged medical waste.1The...
Firoj Al‐Mamun, Ismail Hosen, Jannatul Mawa Misti, Mark Mohan Kaggwa et al.
BACKGROUND: The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has become a global burden disrupting peoples' quality of life. Students being an important cohort of a country, their mental health during this pandemic has been recognized as a concerning issue. Therefore, the prevalence and associated risk factors o...
Ismail Hosen, Firoj Al‐Mamun, Mohammed A. Mamun
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic affects people's psychological well-being as well as their risk of physical complications. Under the circumstance, it is essential to synthesize the existing evidence on psychological consequences with a view to fostering policymaking. Thus, a systematic attempt was co...
Ismail Hosen, Firoj Al‐Mamun, Md. Tajuddin Sikder, Amir Zaib Abbasi et al.
Background: Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has been increasing hastily in recent decades, and it has become inseparable during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among the students who are at risk of problematic smartphone use. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the prevalence and as...
Israt Jahan, Ismail Hosen, Firoj Al‐Mamun, Mark Mohan Kaggwa et al.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic-related "stay-at-home" and confinement orders has led individuals to be more engaged with technology use (eg, internet use). For a minority of individuals, excessive use can become problematic and addictive. However, the investigation of problematic internet use in ...
Ismail Hosen, Amir H. Pakpour, Najmuj Sakib, Nur Hussain et al.
Assessing individuals' knowledge and preventive behaviors towards the Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is essential for the related public health surveillance strategies. Although some of the studies were conducted in Bangladesh, none of these studies considered the geographical distribution o...
Firoj Al‐Mamun, Mohammed A. Mamun, Md. Salauzzaman Prodhan, Md. Muktarul et al.
Nomophobia ('no mobile phone phobia') has been growing issue worldwide in recent years and has been associated with a number of psychological and behavioral health-related problems. However, few studies have examined nomophobia in Bangladesh. Therefore, the severity and correlates of nomophobia, and...
Tahmina Akter, Zebunnesa Zeba, Ismail Hosen, Firoj Al‐Mamun et al.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic is undoubtedly a major threat to the world. The preventive strategies designed to minimize the virus transmission by remaining at home, being isolated, and keeping social distance, which would substantially reform people's lifestyle, physical activity, eating habits...
Md Rasheduzzaman, Firoj Al‐Mamun, Ismail Hosen, Tahmina Akter et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladeshi university students are considered to be highly suicide-prone compared to other populations and cohorts. However, no prior epidemiological studies have assessed the suicidality (i.e., past-year suicidal ideation [SI], lifetime suicide plan [SP], and lifetime suicide attempt [...
Mst. Sabrina Moonajilin, Md Khalid Ibne Kamal, Firoj Al‐Mamun, Mariam Binte Safiq et al.
Substance abuse is a major concern worldwide and is increasing rapidly in Bangladesh. However, there are no prior studies concerning lifestyle-related factors that influence adolescents' substance use behavior. Therefore, the present study investigated the prevalence of substance use and its associa...
Mohammed A. Mamun, Jannatul Mawa Misti, Ismail Hosen, Firoj Al‐Mamun
Purpose The present study is the first investigating unexplored psychological issues of university entrance test-taking students in Bangladesh. Design and Methods This cross-sectional study investigates suicidal behaviors and their socio-demographic, admission test-related, and psychopathological ri...
Firoj Al‐Mamun, David Gozal, Ismail Hosen, Jannatul Mawa Misti et al.
Background In a densely populated country like Bangladesh, mental health-related burden and associated adverse outcomes are quite prevalent. However, exploration of sleep-related issues in general, and more specifically of insomnia during the COVID-19 pandemic has been scarce and restricted to a sin...
Md Rasheduzzaman, Firoj Al‐Mamun, Md. Omar Faruk, Ismail Hosen et al.
PURPOSE: Although depression has adverse effects on all aspects of university students' quality of life, fewer studies have been conducted in Bangladesh; which was investigated herein. DESIGN AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 1844 students enrolled at the University of Dhaka...