Mohammed A. Mamun, Mark D. Griffiths
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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...
A. K. M. Israfil Bhuiyan, Najmuj Sakib, Amir H. Pakpour, Mark D. Griffiths et al.
The incidence and mortality of the coronavirus-2019 disease (COVID-19) have increased dramatically around the world. The effects of COVID-19 pandemic are not limited to health, but also have a major impact on the social and economic aspects. Meanwhile, developing and less developed countries are arg...
Kiran Shafiq Khan, Mohammed A. Mamun, Mark D. Griffiths, Irfan Ullah
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines mental health as the state of wellbeing in which an individual realizes their capabilities to combat with normal life stressors and work competencies in contributing to the belonged community, which is underpinned by six psychological elements comprising (...
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...
SH Wild, Colin Fischbacher, Ashlei Brock, Clare Griffiths et al.
BACKGROUND: Differences in mortality by country of birth in England and Wales in people under 70 years of age have been demonstrated previously. Changes in age distribution of migrants and in migration patterns have occurred subsequently. METHODS: All-cause and circulatory disease mortality for peop...
Md. Saiful Islam, Rejina Akter, Md. Tajuddin Sikder, Mark D. Griffiths
Abstract University students, especially those in their first year, not only face challenges related to their personal life but also to their academic performance. Such unfavorable conditions predispose them to psychological illnesses such as depression and anxiety. The present study surveyed first-...
Mohammed A. Mamun, Mark D. Griffiths
Social media addiction has become an area of increasing research interest over the past few years. However, there has been no previous research on social media addiction in Bangladesh. The present pilot study is the first ever in Bangladesh to examine the relationship between one specific form of so...
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...
Chung‐Ying Lin, Wen‐Li Hou, Mohammed A. Mamun, José Aparecido Da Silva et al.
AIM: The threats of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have caused fears worldwide. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) was recently developed to assess the fear of COVID-19. Although many studies found that the FCV-19S is psychometrically sound, it is unclear whether the FCV-19S is invarian...
Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Safaet Hossain Sujan, Rafia Tasnim, Most. Zannatul Ferdous et al.
BACKGROUND: Although internet use can boost individuals' quality of life in various aspects, activities on the internet (e.g., gambling, video gaming, social media use, pornography use, etc.) can be used as coping strategy to deal with psychological stressors and mood states (e.g., fear, anxiety, de...
Najmuj Sakib, Tahmina Akter, Fatematuz Zohra, A. K. M. Israfil Bhuiyan et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic affects individuals' mental health that can result in fear of getting COVID-19 infection and depression. As there is no prior study available, we evaluated these mental health outcomes and associated factors among the general population and healthcare professionals (HCPs) in Ba...
Sarah Finer, Hilary C. Martin, Ahsan Khan, Karen A. Hunt et al.
Cohort profile in a nutshell: - East London Genes & Health (ELGH) is a large scale, community genomics and health study (to date >30,000 volunteers; target 100,000 volunteers). - ELGH was set up in 2015 to gain deeper understanding of health and disease, and underlying genetic influences, in people ...
Mohammed A. Mamun, Md. Sharif Hossain, Mark D. Griffiths
Abstract Common mental health problems are regarded as public health concerns and can contribute to risky behaviors such as suicide among university students in extreme cases. However, there is a lack of studies concerning such issues in Bangladesh. The present study aimed to fill this knowledge gap...
Mark D. Griffiths, Mohammed A. Mamun
reasons for suicide pacts among couples is among young couples whose parents refuse to let the couple get married (Milin & Turgay, 1990; Part et al., 2013; Pridmore & Reddy, 2010). Globally, the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is of concern. While existing health facilities are priorit...