Escala de fatiga mental por la pandemia debida a la COVID-19: desarrollo y validación inicial

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Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatria Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-28 DOI:10.1016/j.rcp.2024.04.005

Diana Ximena Puerta-Cortés , Bianda Jeni González-Santos

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Abstract

Introduction

Mental fatigue may be an unintended result of restrictions to minimize contagion during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even so, valid and reliable instruments to study the phenomenon are not available in Latin America.

Objective

To analyze the psychometric properties of the new FaCov19 scale that assesses pandemic fatigue in a non-clinical sample.

Methods

Exploratory study with cross-sectional design. The 10-item FaCov19 questionnaire was designed and applied online to 369 Colombian participants. Psychometric analyses were performed to identify the reliability and validity of the instrument.

Results

The reliability of the instrument from McDonald's Omega was ω = 0.83. In the exploratory factor analysis the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin coefficient (KMO) was 0.84 and Bartlett's test of sphericity χ² of 1074.57; P = .00. In confirmatory factor analysis, the proposed FaCov19 test model was tested (χ²/gl = 2.79; CFI = 0.94; GFI = 0.95; TLI = 0.92; NFI = 0.91; IFI = 0.94 and RMSEA = 0.07).

Conclusions

The FaCov19 questionnaire presents a three-dimensional structure, good internal consistency and acceptable validity. The study provides empirical and methodological evidence of a new questionnaire to assess mental fatigue due to the FaCov19 pandemic. It is an instrument adaptable to future pandemics, since the phenomenon of mental fatigue is prevalent in these circumstances and could possibly explain the cause of the reduction in self-care measures.

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2019冠状病毒病大流行精神疲劳量表：开发和初步验证

在COVID-19大流行期间，为尽量减少传染而采取的限制措施可能会导致精神疲劳。即便如此，在拉丁美洲还没有研究这一现象的有效和可靠的工具。目的分析新FaCov19量表在非临床样本中评估大流行疲劳的心理测量特性。方法采用横断面设计进行探索性研究。共有10个项目的FaCov19问卷被设计并在线应用于369名哥伦比亚参与者。进行了心理测量分析，以确定该工具的信度和效度。结果该仪器的信度为ω = 0.83。探索性因素分析中，Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin系数（KMO）为0.84，Bartlett球性检验χ2为1074.57；p = .00。在验证性因素分析中，对提出的FaCov19检验模型进行检验（χ2/gl = 2.79, CFI = 0.94, GFI = 0.95, TLI = 0.92, NFI = 0.91, IFI = 0.94, RMSEA = 0.07）。结论FaCov19问卷结构立体，内部一致性好，效度可接受。该研究为评估新冠肺炎大流行造成的精神疲劳的新问卷提供了经验和方法证据。这是一种适用于未来大流行病的工具，因为精神疲劳现象在这些情况下普遍存在，可能解释自我保健措施减少的原因。

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Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatria Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

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期刊介绍： Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría (RCP) is a quarterly official publication of Colombian Psychiatry Association (March, June, September and December) and its purpose is to spread different the knowledge models that currently constitute the theoretical and practical body of our specialty. Psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, non psychiatric physicians, psychologists, philosophers or other health professionals or persons interested in this area can take part in the magazine. This journal publishes original works, revision or updating articles, case reports of all psychiatry and mental health areas, epistemology, mind philosophy, bioethics and also articles about methodology of investigation and critical reading.