| Titre : | Confinement policies: controlling contagion without compromising mental health. |
| Titre de série : | Working Papers Series, WP Econ 24.03 |
| Auteurs : | A. GARCIA-PRADO ; P. GONZALEZ ; Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Department of Economics. Sevilla. ESP |
| Type de document : | Document de travail |
| Editeur : | Seville : Université Pablo de Olavide, 2024 |
| Format : | 33p., fig., tabl. |
| Note générale : | Référence : réf. bibl. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
[BDSP5] CANDES > Coronavirus [BDSP5] CANDES > ENQUETE SHARE [BDSP5] Démographie > Population > Age > Cycle vie > Groupe âge > Adulte > Personne âgée [BDSP5] Etudes méthodes et statistiques [NI] > Méthodologie [BDSP5] Information & communication [NI] > Information > Nature information [NI] > Donnée statistique [BDSP5] Information sanitaire > Etat santé [BDSP5] Politique santé [BDSP5] Politique santé > Prévention santé > Prophylaxie > Prévention maladie transmissible > Quarantaine [BDSP5] Santé mentale [BDSP5] Santé mentale > Psychopathologie > Trouble anxieux [BDSP5] Santé mentale > Psychopathologie > Trouble humeur > Etat dépressif [BDSP5] Santé mentale > Psychopathologie > Trouble sommeil > Insomnie [BDSP5] Système soins > Organisation urgence > Protection sanitaire population |
| Résumé : | A growing literature shows that confinement policies used by governments to slow COVID-19 transmission have negative impacts on mental health, but the differential effects of individual policies on mental health remain poorly understood. We used data from the COVID-19 questionnaire of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), which focuses on populations aged 50 and older, and the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker for 28 countries to estimate the effects of eight different confinement policies on three outcomes of mental health: insomnia, anxiety and depression. We applied robust machine learning methods to estimate the effects of interest. Our results indicate that closure of schools and public transportation, restrictions on domestic and international travel, and gathering restrictions did not worsen the mental health of older populations in Europe. In contrast, stay at home policies and workplace closures aggravated the three health outcomes analyzed. Based on these findings, we close with a discussion of which policies should be implemented, intensified, or relaxed to control the spread of the virus without compromising the mental health of older populations. |
| En ligne : | https://www.upo.es/serv/bib/wps/econ2403.pdf |