Publications by authors named "Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary"
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- Nature exposure has been recognized as a helpful coping mechanism for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, but prior reviews didn't assess the evidence quality or bias of empirical studies.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis, using the Navigation Guide methodology, evaluated 113 studies on how different types of nature exposure correlate with various mental health outcomes, such as depression, anxiety, and stress.
- Results indicated that access to gardens and increased time spent in green spaces were associated with lower depression and anxiety levels and improved general mental well-being, but overall evidence quality was rated very low due to high bias in many studies.
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) is an emerging and disruptive technology that has attracted considerable interest from researchers and educators across various disciplines. We discuss the relevance and concerns of ChatGPT and other GAI tools in environmental psychology research. We propose three use categories for GAI tools: integrated and contextualized understanding, practical and flexible implementation, and two-way external communication.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on mental health globally, with limited access to mental health care affecting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) the most. In response, alternative strategies to support mental health have been necessary, with access to green spaces being a potential solution. While studies have highlighted the role of green spaces in promoting mental health during pandemic lockdowns, few studies have focused on the role of green spaces in mental health recovery after lockdowns.
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- Metabolic Syndrome is a public health issue linked to higher risks of diseases like heart conditions, and this study explores how green spaces and urban environments impact it.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis included 18 studies that looked at green space and built environment factors and their associations with metabolic syndrome, primarily from the USA and China.
- The findings suggested a potential protective role of green spaces against metabolic syndrome, while the evidence for built environments was deemed insufficient due to limitations in study quality and definitions of terms used.
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- Extreme weather events in South and Southeast Asia significantly worsen mental health, yet research is scarce on this issue.
- A systematic review of 70 studies highlighted poor mental health outcomes related to floods, storm surges, and other extreme weather, with many studies focusing on short-term impacts.
- The review identified 50+ risk factors affecting mental health, emphasizing the need for more robust, longitudinal studies to better understand the long-term effects of these events.
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- * Conducted through an online survey with 1,119 participants, results revealed 45% experienced anxiety and 49% faced depression, with significant contributors being female gender, pre-existing health issues, and stressors related to COVID-19.
- * The findings stress the necessity of addressing mental health issues in Fiji, particularly during and after the pandemic, highlighting the protective factors such as employment and higher BMI against depression.
The economics of nature's healing touch: A systematic review and conceptual framework of green space, pharmaceutical prescriptions, and healthcare expenditure associations.
Sci Total Environ
March 2024
Green spaces play a crucial role in promoting sustainable and healthy lives. Recent evidence shows that green space also may reduce the need for healthcare, prescription medications, and associated costs. This systematic review provides the first comprehensive assessment of the available literature examining green space exposure and its associations with healthcare prescriptions and expenditures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been identified as a promising strategy to reduce the severity of the pandemic. Despite the safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, bringing socioeconomically disadvantaged people under vaccination coverage has been challenging for developing countries like Bangladesh. Therefore, this study explored the determinants of vaccine acceptance among urban slum residents of Bangladesh using the Health Belief Model (HBM) and Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study examined the association between media exposure and mental health during the second wave of lockdown among the general population of Bangladesh.
Methods: A total of 449 adult participants were enrolled in the study to evaluate their levels of exposure to total media, electronic media, and social media. Mental health was assessed using a 7-item generalized anxiety disorder (GAD-7) scale.
The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations remains limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset - with data collected between 2020 and 2022 - to assess measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups.
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- The monkeypox virus (MPXV) is causing a global mpox pandemic, prompting a study to evaluate healthcare professionals' knowledge about the disease across 17 Arab countries.
- A survey revealed that only 13.8% of medical students and doctors had received information about mpox during their education, with a low average knowledge score among participants.
- With over half of respondents recognizing symptoms of mpox and specialist doctors showing better knowledge, there is an urgent need for enhanced awareness and education among healthcare workers to aid in early detection and prevention efforts.
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- Green spaces are generally thought to enhance physical and mental health, potentially reducing harmful behaviors like smartphone addiction; this study explores that relationship.
- A survey conducted in August 2022 with 1011 smartphone users in China revealed that higher green space (measured via NDVI) was unexpectedly linked to increased smartphone addiction, while higher population density showed lower addiction levels.
- The findings suggest that green spaces might not directly reduce smartphone addiction but could indicate urbanization, which may offer protective factors against such addictions; further research is needed to explore this association in different contexts.
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) verified 780 cases of monkeypox across 27 countries between 13 May 2022 and 2 June 2022. The aim of our study was to assess the level of awareness of human monkeypox virus among Syrian medical students, general practitioners, medical residents, and specialists.
Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was performed in Syria between May 2 and September 8, 2022.
Background And Aim: COVID-19 has shown how crucial awareness of the need to protect public health is to global security. Antibiotic resistance due to antibiotic misuse is seen as a worldwide health issue. Antibiotic use was significant during the COVID-19 epidemic, according to several nations.
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