DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2021.v09i05.006

Pages: 490-492

Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease is a highly contagious disease and has a serious psychological impact and mental health problems throughout the entire world. The aim of this study is to find out the Psychological factors which are responsible for the decreasing rate of COVID-19 tests in Bangladesh. A nationwide online survey was conducted during April 2020 to June 2020 by a magazine related to mental health named “Moner Khbor”. Among 560 participants who gave their opinion about the reluctance of testing COVID-19, 65% were male and 35% female. 23.57% participants think that the rate of COVID-19 test is decreasing due to facing lots of troubles and harassments during test procedure. 22.32% participants believed that people lost their credibility per test and 16.07% believed that the risk of infection increases when they go to hospital for a test. Several psychological reasons were found from that survey which is responsible for the decreasing rate of COVID-19 tests in Bangladesh.