Housing environment and mental health of Europeans during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-country comparison.

ABSTRACT: Many studies have investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health. Throughout the pandemic, time spent at home increased to a great extent due to restrictive measures. Here we set out to investigate the relationship between housing conditions and the mental health of populations across European countries. We analyzed survey data collected during spring 2020 from 69,136 individuals from four cohorts from Denmark, France, and the UK. The investigated housing conditions included household density, composition, and crowding, access to outdoor facilities, dwelling type, and urbanicity. The outcomes were loneliness, anxiety, and life satisfaction. Logistic regression models were used, and results were pooled using random-effects meta-analysis. In the meta-analysis, living alone

SUBMITTER: Keller A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8978496 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature