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“Pandemic Fatigue” in South America: A Multi-Center Report from Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a heavy impact on daily life, leading to physical and psychosocial consequences. Nowadays, clinicians and health researchers are particularly interested in describing and facing the long-term effects of COVID-19, also known as “long-COVID syndrome”. Pandemic fatigue has...

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Autores principales: Torales, Julio, González-Urbieta, Israel, Barrios, Iván, Waisman-Campos, Marcela, Terrazas-Landivar, Alexandra, Viola, Laura, Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás, Melgarejo, Osvaldo, Navarro, Rodrigo, García, Oscar, Almirón-Santacruz, José, Castaldelli-Maia, João Mauricio, Ventriglio, Antonio
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10046533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36979253
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13030444
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author Torales, Julio
González-Urbieta, Israel
Barrios, Iván
Waisman-Campos, Marcela
Terrazas-Landivar, Alexandra
Viola, Laura
Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás
Melgarejo, Osvaldo
Navarro, Rodrigo
García, Oscar
Almirón-Santacruz, José
Castaldelli-Maia, João Mauricio
Ventriglio, Antonio
author_facet Torales, Julio
González-Urbieta, Israel
Barrios, Iván
Waisman-Campos, Marcela
Terrazas-Landivar, Alexandra
Viola, Laura
Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás
Melgarejo, Osvaldo
Navarro, Rodrigo
García, Oscar
Almirón-Santacruz, José
Castaldelli-Maia, João Mauricio
Ventriglio, Antonio
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has had a heavy impact on daily life, leading to physical and psychosocial consequences. Nowadays, clinicians and health researchers are particularly interested in describing and facing the long-term effects of COVID-19, also known as “long-COVID syndrome”. Pandemic fatigue has been defined as a cluster of demotivation, tiredness, and psychological effects that emerge gradually over time after the infection or through the adoption of the recommended measures to combat it. In this study, we report the findings of a large survey conducted in South America involving 1448 participants (mean age: 33.9 ± 11.2 years old) from Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Peru, and Paraguay. An online survey was launched through the common social media based on a specific assessment aimed to detect the prevalence of pandemic fatigue and associated factors. Socio-demographic characteristics, medical, and personal information were collected; the Pandemic Fatigue Scale (PFS) and the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) were also administered. We found mid-levels of pandemic fatigue among respondents (21.7 ± 7.95 score at PFS) as well as significant anxiety related to the COVID-19 pandemic (1.56 ± 2.76 score at CAS). In addition, pandemic fatigue was significantly associated with the experience of the loss of a relative/friend due to COVID-19, anxiety related to the infection, and reliance on social media as a primary source of information on the pandemic. Vaccination significantly reduced the levels of fatigue among respondents. Our findings may add to the international debate regarding the long-term health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and strategies to manage them in the general population of South America.
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spelling pubmed-100465332023-03-29 “Pandemic Fatigue” in South America: A Multi-Center Report from Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay Torales, Julio González-Urbieta, Israel Barrios, Iván Waisman-Campos, Marcela Terrazas-Landivar, Alexandra Viola, Laura Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás Melgarejo, Osvaldo Navarro, Rodrigo García, Oscar Almirón-Santacruz, José Castaldelli-Maia, João Mauricio Ventriglio, Antonio Brain Sci Article The COVID-19 pandemic has had a heavy impact on daily life, leading to physical and psychosocial consequences. Nowadays, clinicians and health researchers are particularly interested in describing and facing the long-term effects of COVID-19, also known as “long-COVID syndrome”. Pandemic fatigue has been defined as a cluster of demotivation, tiredness, and psychological effects that emerge gradually over time after the infection or through the adoption of the recommended measures to combat it. In this study, we report the findings of a large survey conducted in South America involving 1448 participants (mean age: 33.9 ± 11.2 years old) from Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Peru, and Paraguay. An online survey was launched through the common social media based on a specific assessment aimed to detect the prevalence of pandemic fatigue and associated factors. Socio-demographic characteristics, medical, and personal information were collected; the Pandemic Fatigue Scale (PFS) and the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) were also administered. We found mid-levels of pandemic fatigue among respondents (21.7 ± 7.95 score at PFS) as well as significant anxiety related to the COVID-19 pandemic (1.56 ± 2.76 score at CAS). In addition, pandemic fatigue was significantly associated with the experience of the loss of a relative/friend due to COVID-19, anxiety related to the infection, and reliance on social media as a primary source of information on the pandemic. Vaccination significantly reduced the levels of fatigue among respondents. Our findings may add to the international debate regarding the long-term health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and strategies to manage them in the general population of South America. MDPI 2023-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10046533/ /pubmed/36979253 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13030444 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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González-Urbieta, Israel
Barrios, Iván
Waisman-Campos, Marcela
Terrazas-Landivar, Alexandra
Viola, Laura
Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás
Melgarejo, Osvaldo
Navarro, Rodrigo
García, Oscar
Almirón-Santacruz, José
Castaldelli-Maia, João Mauricio
Ventriglio, Antonio
“Pandemic Fatigue” in South America: A Multi-Center Report from Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay
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title_short “Pandemic Fatigue” in South America: A Multi-Center Report from Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay
title_sort “pandemic fatigue” in south america: a multi-center report from argentina, bolivia, paraguay, peru, and uruguay
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10046533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36979253
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13030444
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