Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Cordoba, Spain.
Department of Psychology, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain.
Int J Public Health. 2021 Aug 30;66:1604260. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604260. eCollection 2021.
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). 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. 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 () and 2) people's boredom regarding the pandemic-related information (). 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. 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.
慢性限制可能会导致人们对新出现的 SARS-CoV-2 病毒感到疲惫。本研究旨在开发一种简短、可靠、有效且不分性别的工具，即大流行疲劳量表 (PFS)。在第一阶段，有 300 名学生对试点问卷做出了回应，这使得项目得以精简和优化。在第二阶段，对 596 名参与者的样本进行了量表的有效性、可靠性和不变性的研究。因素探索性和验证性分析证实了双因素结构的稳健调整，该结构解释了 79.36%的方差。确定的两个因素分别为 1）人们继续遵循推荐的保护行为的动力不足（）和 2）人们对大流行相关信息感到厌烦（）。通过相关性、中介和路径分析发现的大流行疲劳量表与其他变量之间的关系模式，以及通过方差分析发现的性别差异，为该量表的结构有效性提供了有力证据。此外，在多组因子验证性分析中，PFS 显示出对性别的不变性。该工具可用于专业人员和研究人员评估大流行疲劳，这是一个可能影响人们采取保护措施避免感染和传播病毒的变量。
