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Psychometric Properties of the COVID-19 Pandemic Fatigue Scale: Cross-sectional Online Survey Study

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dc.contributor.authorRodriguez-Blazquez, Carmen
dc.contributor.authorRomay-Barja, Maria
dc.contributor.authorFalcon, Maria
dc.contributor.authorAyala, Alba
dc.contributor.authorForjaz, Maria João
dc.contributor.funderInstituto de Salud Carlos IIIes_ES
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-11T07:49:51Z
dc.date.available2022-10-11T07:49:51Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-08
dc.description.abstractBackground: Pandemic fatigue is defined as feelings of demotivation to follow preventive measures against COVID-19, together with decreased trust in government and frequency of information-seeking behaviors. Objective: This study aims to analyze the psychometric properties of the COVID-19-specific pandemic fatigue scale according to classical test theory (CTT) and Rasch model approaches in the general Spanish population. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in a representative sample of 1018 adults who completed an online survey in November 2020 in the framework of the COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO)-Spain project. The assessments included the 6-item COVID-19 Pandemic Fatigue Scale (CPFS) and other COVID-19-related variables: COVID-19 infection, adherence to preventive behaviors, information-seeking behavior, self-efficacy, worry, and cognitive and affective risk perception. Data quality, acceptability, reliability, and validity were analyzed according to CTT, and the fit to the Rasch model, unidimensionality, appropriateness of the response scale, item local independency, reliability (person-separation index [PSI]), and item-person distribution were also calculated. Results: The mean CPFS score was 17.06 (SD 5.04, range 6-30), with higher scores for women, younger participants, participants who never seek information on COVID-19, those who think they would contract a mild disease in case of infection, those with higher level of worry about coronavirus/COVID-19, and those who felt depressed or felt the coronavirus/COVID-19 is spreading slowly (all P<.01). The Cronbach alpha for the CPFS was 0.74. In the confirmatory factor analysis, one factor was identified (root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA]=.02; comparative fit index [CFI]=.99; χ25=8.06, P=.15). The CPFS showed good fit to the Rasch model (χ 224=42.025, P=.01, PSI=.642), unidimensionality (binomial 95% CI -.005 to .045), and item local independency. Conclusions: Our results suggest that the CPFS has moderate reliability and internal consistency and it is composed of a single dimension. It is a useful tool to ascertain the level of pandemic fatigue in the general population, which may help to guide the communication and information strategies to face the COVID-19 pandemic.es_ES
dc.description.peerreviewedSíes_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThe research was funded by the Carlos III Health Institute. The funder had no role in the study design; collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; writing of the paper; or decision to submit for publication.es_ES
dc.format.number9es_ES
dc.format.pagee34675es_ES
dc.format.volume8es_ES
dc.identifier.citationJMIR Public Health Surveill. 2022 Sep 8;8(9):e34675.es_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.2196/34675es_ES
dc.identifier.e-issn2369-2960es_ES
dc.identifier.journalJMIR public health and surveillancees_ES
dc.identifier.pubmedID35785547es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/15043
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherJMIR Publicationses_ES
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2196/34675es_ES
dc.repisalud.centroISCIII::Centro Nacional de Medicina Tropicales_ES
dc.repisalud.centroISCIII::Centro Nacional de Epidemiología
dc.repisalud.institucionISCIIIes_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accesses_ES
dc.rights.licenseAtribución 4.0 Internacional*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectCOVID-19es_ES
dc.subjectPandemic fatiguees_ES
dc.subjectPsychometric propertieses_ES
dc.subjectRasch analysises_ES
dc.subjectValidationes_ES
dc.subjectOnline surveyes_ES
dc.subjectPandemices_ES
dc.subjectFatiguees_ES
dc.subjectMental healthes_ES
dc.subjectInformation seekinges_ES
dc.subjectHealth informationes_ES
dc.subject.meshCOVID-19es_ES
dc.subject.meshAdultes_ES
dc.subject.meshCross-Sectional Studieses_ES
dc.subject.meshFatiguees_ES
dc.subject.meshFemalees_ES
dc.subject.meshHumanses_ES
dc.subject.meshPandemicses_ES
dc.subject.meshPsychometricses_ES
dc.subject.meshQuality of Lifees_ES
dc.subject.meshReproducibility of Resultses_ES
dc.titlePsychometric Properties of the COVID-19 Pandemic Fatigue Scale: Cross-sectional Online Survey Studyes_ES
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