2022
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060673
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Gendered impact of COVID-19 containment measures on unpaid care work and mental health in Europe: a scoping review protocol

Abstract: IntroductionWomen are more likely than men to provide unpaid care work. Previous research has shown that lack of support for various forms of unpaid care work and work-family conflicts have negative impacts on caregivers’ mental health, especially among female caregivers. COVID-19 containment measures may exacerbate existing gender inequalities both in terms of unpaid care work and adverse mental health outcomes. This scoping review protocol describes the systematic approach to review published literature from… Show more

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“…This remains a significant gap, especially given a gender lens is also lacking in most of the pre-COVID literature in this space [ 17 , 18 ]. A proposed scoping review examining the gendered impact of pandemic containment measures on unpaid care and MH in Europe may go some way to filling this gap once published [ 78 ]. Secondly, we were unable to truly evaluate the association between childcare and MH during the pandemic given so few studies had a non-caring comparator (fulfilling our review eligibility criteria).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This remains a significant gap, especially given a gender lens is also lacking in most of the pre-COVID literature in this space [ 17 , 18 ]. A proposed scoping review examining the gendered impact of pandemic containment measures on unpaid care and MH in Europe may go some way to filling this gap once published [ 78 ]. Secondly, we were unable to truly evaluate the association between childcare and MH during the pandemic given so few studies had a non-caring comparator (fulfilling our review eligibility criteria).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%