Background: Nutrition has a significant impact on the health of post-menopausal women. An appropriate dietary plan provides women with the necessary nutrients to maximize their activity and help minimize chronic diseases that may arise after menopause. The objective of the study was to assess the nutritional knowledge and dietary diversity of post-menopausal women in the rural area of Bangladesh. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among post-menopausal women aged 45 to 60. A sampling frame of 167 post-menopausal women was created by visiting each household, and 101 participants were chosen randomly from this frame. Face-to-face interviews were used to gather data. The body mass index (BMI) was used to evaluate nutritional status. To gather dietary data and calculate dietary diversity scores, a 24-hour dietary recall questionnaire was used. Knowledge score was used to gauge nutrition-related knowledge. Result: The average nutrition knowledge score was 8.55 out of 13. Knowledge has a statistically significant effect on the dietary diversity of post-menopausal women (P< 0.015). In this study, BMI was 41 percent, within the normal range, 35 percent were overweight, and 22 percent were obese. Around 45 percent of the respondents had a low dietary diversity score. There was a weak association between BMI and dietary diversity (P> 0.077). Almost 90 percent of women experienced menopausal problems, and 25 percent had inadequate knowledge about menopause. Conclusion: Knowledge of nutrition is associated with post-menopausal women's dietary diversity. Nutrition knowledge can improve the dietary diversity of post-menopausal women.

The purpose of the research was to assess emotional and behavioral presentation among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic visiting outpatient departments of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and to compare the extent of emotional and behavioral symptoms among adolescents with key factors related to COVID-19. A cross-sectional study was conducted among adolescents from 11–17 years of age attending six outpatient departments of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from October to December 2020. A purposive sampling technique was applied and total 146 samples were selected. A validated Bangla SDQ scale of youth self-report measure (11 to 17 years) baseline version was used for data collection. Data were collected by a face-to-face interview. The study protocol was approved by Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). Both descriptive and inferential statistics were executed for data analysis by using SPSS-25 and MS Excel Software. On basis of SDQ-25 scale, among the three variables, around one–third respondents (34%) had emotional symptoms while 31% and 17% had conduct symptoms and hyperactivity symptoms respectively during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the adolescents who had a history of positive symptoms for COVID-19, 26.5% had hyperactivity symptoms, on the other hand adolescents who had no history of positive symptoms for COVID-19, only 9.8% had significant hyperactivity symptoms. There was a highly significant association (p=0.004) present between behavioral (hyperactivity) symptoms and having a history of positive symptoms for COVID-19. Adolescents who had wariness about uncertainty of COVID-19 pandemic, 25% had significant emotional symptoms on the other hand who had no wariness about uncertainty of COVID-19 pandemic, 14.3% had emotional symptoms. There was significant association (p=0.048) present between emotional symptoms with ‘felt wariness about uncertainty of COVID -19 pandemic. There was also an association (p=0.035) present between behavioral (hyperactivity) symptoms with ‘relationship status among friends. A higher proportion of female adolescents had emotional and hyperactivity symptoms than male adolescents. However, male adolescents suffered mostly for conduct symptom compared to female. Adolescents attending in selected outpatient departments of BSMMU, were especially vulnerable to emotional and behavioral problem based on symptoms developing during COVID-19 pandemic.

The purpose of this cross sectional study was to assess the extent of depression, and the quality of life (QoL) among confirmed Covid-19 Bangladeshi patients tested positive for Covid19 from October 2020 to March 2021. This tele-interview survey included 380 patients. Eligible participants were identified from all available phone numbers of the research population obtained from various RT-PCR labs run by the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The level of depression, pain and QoL was assessed with PHQ-9, Visual analogue scale (VAS), and short form-12 V2 (SF-12v2) survey instrument respectively. Depression was prevalent in 4 out of every 5 patients. More than two-third of participants had worse physical and mental health than the average citizen after being diagnosed as COVID-19 positive case. Around two-third of respondents had mild to severe pain after recovery from COVID-19. Younger participants (aged ≤50 years) had relatively better QoL and less pain intensity compared to those of older participant (aged >50 years). The respondents who had higher intensity of subjective pain, and worse than the average physical health had higher frequency of depression. Individuals having history of covid-19 are especially vulnerable to develop pain which was associated with depression and lower quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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