Concerns and adjustments: How the Portuguese population met COVID-19.
Sara Valente de AlmeidaEduardo Polena Pacheco Araújo CostaFrancisca Vargas LopesJoão Vasco SantosPedro Pita BarrosPublished in: PloS one (2020)
We show that high level of concern and behaviour adaptation in our sample preceded the implementation of lockdown measures in Portugal around mid-March. One month later, a large share of individuals had suffered disruption in their routine health care and negative impacts in their financial status.