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Exploring the State and Factors Affecting Mental Health of High School Students in Bangladesh During COVID-19 Pandemic

Exploring the State and Factors Affecting Mental Health of High School Students in Bangladesh During COVID-19 Pandemic

This codebase is created for the research purpose. However, materials presented here are introduced for our submission to NCIM 2023
It is accepted in NCIM 2023 and available in IEEE Xplore. For reading the full article visit here : 10.1109/NCIM59001.2023.10212757

Table of Contents

The repository is organized as follow:

• figscontains all the required images mentioned in the article. (i.e. Appendix images etc.)
• tablescontains all the required tables which is mentioned in the article
• README.mdall information about the repository
• Table I Group difference of having specific 6-items KADS for Depression
• Table II Group difference of having specific 7-item GAD-7 for Anxiety
• Table IIIwhich was partially shown in the article due to page constratin. It has been fully shown in the below table.

Associated Tables

Table-1: Group difference of having specific 6-items KADS

Variable	Χ² (df)	p-value
Low mood, sadness, feeling blah or down, depressed, just can’t be bothered?	79.125 (3)	<.001
Feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness, letting people down, not being a good person?	118.786 (3)	<.001
Feeling tired, feeling fatigued, low in energy, hard to get motivated, have to push to get things done, want to rest or lie down a lot?	79.177 (3)	<.001
Feeling that life is not very much fun, not feeling good when usually would feel good, not getting as much pleasure from fun things as usual?	120.112 (3)	<.001
Feeling worried, nervous, panicky, tense, keyed up, anxious?	103.845 (3)	<.001
Thoughts, plans or actions about suicide or self-harm?	74.183 (3)	<.001

Table-2: Group difference of having specific 7-item GAD-7

Variable	Χ² (df)	p-value
Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge?	131.256 (21)	<0.001
Not being able to stop or control worrying?	75.598 (12)	<0.001
Worrying too much about different things?	71.482 (18)	<0.001
Trouble relaxing	90.324 (15)	<0.001
Being so restless that it's hard to sit still?	101.532 (12)	<0.001
Becoming easily annoyed or irritable?	68.830(12)	<0.001
Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen?	61.932 (15)	<0.001

Table-3: Prevalence statistics of anxiety, depression, relationship with family members and friends, daily activities,family financial, longer uses of electronic devices, academic/study-related issues, knowledge of COVID-19 of the respondents during pandemic (N=158)

No	Questions	Classification	Frequency	Percentage
1	Anxiety	Mild to Moderate anxiety	84	61.3
		Normal	40	29.2
		Severe anxiety	13	9.5
2	Depression	Depression	72	52.6
		Normal	65	47.4
		Total	137	100.0
3	Gender	Female	71	51.8
		Male	66	48.2
4	Have you ever used any online platform for studying like Zoom, YouTube, Google Classroom before COVID-19?	No	44	32.1
		Yes	93	67.9
5	Rate your understanding level of the class lecture through online classes	Excellent	13	9.5
		Good	73	53.3
		Poor	51	37.2
6	How often you faced internet connection issues while attending online classes or during exam time?	Always	26	19.0
		Not at all	9	6.6
		Sometimes	102	74.5
7	How comfortable are you taking online classes with the devices available to you?	Not satisfied	40	29.2
		Satisfied	97	70.8
8	How much are you worried about your studies getting affected due to COVID-19?	Moderate	53	38.7
		Not at all	18	13.1
		Very Much	66	48.2
9	Have you ever felt taking online classes as an extra burden to your day to day life?	No	48	35.0
		Yes	89	65.0
10	How's your teacher's attitude towards your studies in lockdown?	Moderate	86	62.8
		Unsatisfactory	32	23.4
		Very cooperative	19	13.9
11	How much time on average do you spend per day on your smartphone/computer for academic purpose?	2-4 hrs	40	29.2
		5-8 hrs	58	42.3
		9	hrs	39
12	How much time on average do you spend per day on social media for non-academic activity?	1-3 hrs	57	41.6
		4-6 hrs	58	42.3
		7-10 hrs	22	16.1
13	How often do you play games in computer ?	Always	7	5.1
		Never	91	66.4
		Sometimes	39	28.5
14	Are you on a healthy diet?	No	59	43.1
		Yes	78	56.9
15	Do you feel your sleeping cycle and daily routine is hampered due to the COVID-19 situation?	No	30	21.9
		Yes	107	78.1
16	How many hours do you sleep on average per day nowadays?	4-6 hrs	40	29.2
		6-8 hrs	79	57.7
		9-12 hrs	18	13.1
17	How often are you doing physical exercise?	Everyday	16	11.7
		Never	58	42.3
		Occasionally	63	46.0
18	How often do you spent quality time with your family members?	Once in a while	19	13.9
		Sometimes	79	57.7
		Very often	39	28.5
19	Relational state with your parents.	Excellent	48	35.0
		Good	80	58.4
		Poor	9	6.6
20	How often your family member have conflict among themselves?	Never	31	22.6
		Sometimes	88	64.2
		Very often	18	13.1
21	Have you lost any very close family member due to COVID?	No	116	84.7
		Yes	21	15.3
22	Have you faced any communication gaps with your friends during lockdown?	No	38	27.7
		Yes	99	72.3
23	Do your family faced any financial crisis for COVID 19 situation?	No	98	71.5
		Yes	39	28.5
24	Do you maintain COVID hygiene habits?	Always	94	68.6
		Sometimes	43	31.4
25	How would you rate your knowledge level regarding COVID-19?	Excellent	26	19.0
		Good	92	67.2
		Poor	19	13.9

BibTeX Citation

If you use this article, we would appreciate using the following citations:

@inproceedings{reza2023factors,
  title={Factors Affecting Mental Health of High School Students due to COVID-19: An Exploratory Study},
  author={Reza, Md Rokonuzzaman and Islam, Muhammad Nazrul and Islam, Mohian and Mumu, Afnan Alauddin and Al Faisal, Faiz},
  booktitle={2023 International Conference on Next-Generation Computing, IoT and Machine Learning (NCIM)},
  pages={1--6},
  year={2023},
  organization={IEEE}
}