The effect of COVID-19 confinement and economic support measures on the mental health of older population in Europe and Israel.

ABSTRACT: This study focuses on the impact of confinement and economic support measures on the mental health of the older population (aged 50 and above) across twenty-five European countries and Israel. While studies evaluating the effect of confinement measures on mental health exist, they largely ignore the potentially offsetting effects of economic support measures. Moreover, previous findings on the effect of confinement measures are inconsistent, and many studies are based solely on cross-sectional designs. Using data from the Corona Survey wave (2020) of the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we leverage the date of interview information to vary individual exposure to different policy contexts within countries. Overall, we do not find support for the negative effect of

SUBMITTER: Yastrebov G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9561402 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature