Women`s health more severely affected than men`s during Covid-19 pandemic: Study
Women`s mental and physical health took a severe toll than men during the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, finds a study.
The study, published in the journal Social Science and Medicine, showed that psychological distress increased for both women and men during the pandemic, with women experiencing a greater rise.
The link between health behaviours and mental health weakened for women during the pandemic, with a healthy lifestyle no longer showing a significant connection to mental health.
In contrast, these relationships remained consistent for men. Before the pandemic, health behaviours offered greater protective benefits for women`s mental health, but during the pandemic, this protective effect became stronger for men, revealed researchers from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.
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