National Statistics Institute Informative Bulletin
Mental health in the pandemic
What the surveys say
The last European Health Survey in Spain was conducted between July 2019and July 2020. Using this time reference, we observed an increase during the first months of the pandemic in the percentage of the population that experienced a sense of being down or depressed, had trouble sleeping, and felt little interest or joy in doing things. At the same time, the percentage of the population that indicated feeling tired, bad about oneself or having trouble concentrating fell.