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We measured the link between the worsening of mental health symptoms, the epidemiologic situation, and control measures among European people aged 50 or older.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> We used data from the 2020 wave of SHARE, merged with Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker data (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 38,358). We modeled the risk of worsening of depression, anxiety, sleeping trouble, and loneliness symptoms\u2019 self-perception, as functions of control measures and 7-days death incidence, using logistic regressions.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> The worsening of anxiety and depression perception were more common (16.2 and 23.1%, respectively), compared to that of sleeping troubles and loneliness (8.1 and 11.5%, respectively). The worsening of depression and anxiety perception was negatively related to the rigor of control measures. The seven-days death incidence was positively linked to all symptoms except sleeping troubles.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> Older people were the most exposed to death risk and were affected psychologically by the COVID-19 epidemiological situation; yet control measures were protective (or neutral) to their mental health condition.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/ijph.2022.1604218","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,23]],"date-time":"2022-02-23T15:43:21Z","timestamp":1645631001000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["How do European Mature Adults and Elderly Perceive SARS-COV-2 and Associated Control Measures? 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