Cuadrado, EstherMaldonado, Miguel A.Tabernero, CarmenArenas, AliciaCastillo-Mayén, RosarioLuque, Bárbara2022-09-092022-09-092021-08-30Cuadrado 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;66:1604260http://hdl.handle.net/10668/4023Objectives: 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.enAtribución 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/COVID-19Pandemic fatigueScale developmentScale validationProtective behaviorPandemiasFatiga mentalSalud públicaEncuestas y cuestionariosStudentsEstudiantesSalud mentalMedical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::HumansMedical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Research Design::Reproducibility of ResultsMedical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Evaluation Studies as Topic::Reproducibility of ResultsMedical Subject Headings::Diseases::Virus Diseases::RNA Virus Infections::Nidovirales Infections::Coronaviridae InfectionsMedical Subject Headings::Diseases::Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms::Signs and Symptoms::FatigueMedical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Disease Outbreaks::Epidemics::PandemicsMedical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Epidemiologic Methods::Data Collection::QuestionnairesMedical Subject Headings::Psychiatry and Psychology::Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms::Emotions::BoredomMedical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Epidemiologic Factors::Sex FactorsMedical Subject Headings::Persons::Persons::StudentsMedical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Analysis of Varianceresearch article34566554Acceso abierto10.3389/ijph.2021.16042601661-8564PMC8461461