Impact of online education on fear of academic delay and psychological distress among university students following one year of COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh.

Objectives: Extreme fear of academic delay (FAD) and psychological distress among students have arisen as great public health concerns worldwide due to the devastating actions of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The precise aim of this study was to assess the impact of ongoing online education on current university students' FAD and psychological stress symptoms following one year of calamitous COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh.

Methods: A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted from March 15 to 30, 2021, for data collection through a snowball simple sampling technique among Bangladeshi University students, where a total of 1,299 respondents (age: ≥ 18 years) responded in the questionnaire.