RT Journal Article
T1 Construction and Validation of a Brief Pandemic Fatigue Scale in the Context of the Coronavirus-19 Public Health Crisis
A1 Cuadrado, Esther
A1 Maldonado, Miguel A.
A1 Tabernero, Carmen
A1 Arenas, Alicia
A1 Castillo-Mayén, Rosario
A1 Luque, Bárbara
K1 COVID-19
K1 Pandemic fatigue
K1 Scale development
K1 Scale validation
K1 Protective behavior
K1 Pandemias
K1 Fatiga mental
K1 Salud pública
K1 Encuestas y cuestionarios
K1 Students
K1 Estudiantes
K1 Salud mental
AB Objectives: The chronic restrictions to mitigate the new SARS-CoV-2 virus may result in pandemic fatigue. This study set out to develop a short, reliable, valid, and gender-invariant instrument-the Pandemic Fatigue Scale (PFS). Methods: In the first phase, 300 students responded to a pilot questionnaire that allowed the reduction and refinement of the items. In the second phase, the validity, reliability, and invariance of the scale were explored among a sample of 596 participants. Results: Factor exploratory and confirmatory analyses confirmed a robust adjustment for the bifactorial structure that explained 79,36% of the variance. The two factors identified were 1) people's demotivation in continuing to follow the recommended protective behaviors (neglect) and 2) people's boredom regarding the pandemic-related information (boredom). The pattern of relations between the Pandemic Fatigue Scale and other variables-find through correlation, mediation, and path analyses-and the gender differences-find in the ANOVA analyses-provided strong evidence of the construct validity. Moreover, the PFS was shown to be invariant regarding gender in a multigroup factor confirmatory analysis. Conclusion: The instrument can be of utility for professionals and researchers to assess pandemic fatigue, a variable that can affect the adoption of protective measure to avoid catching and spreading the virus.
PB Frontiers Research Foundation
YR 2021
FD 2021-08-30
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/4023
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/4023
LA en
NO Cuadrado E, Maldonado MA, Tabernero C, Arenas A, Castillo-Mayén R, Luque B. Construction and Validation of a Brief Pandemic Fatigue Scale in the Context of the Coronavirus-19 Public Health Crisis. Int J Public Health. 2021 Aug 30;66:1604260
DS RISalud
RD Apr 12, 2025