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ArticleBrain sciences2023

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

Julio Torales, Israel González-Urbieta, Iván Barrios, Marcela Waisman-Campos, Alexandra Terrazas-Landivar, Laura Viola, Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez, Osvaldo Melgarejo, Rodrigo Navarro, Oscar García and 3 more

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Article in Brain sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 8 institutions in 8 countries.

Julio ToralesDepartment of Medical Psychology, School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo 001511, Paraguay.ORCID 0000-0003-3277-7036
Israel González-UrbietaUnit of Psychiatry, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, London RM13 8GQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7471-9075
Iván BarriosDepartment of Statistics, School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción, Santa Rosa del Aguaray Campus, Santa Rosa del Aguaray 001511, Paraguay.ORCID 0000-0002-6843-7685
Marcela Waisman-CamposDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Fleni, Buenos Aires 2325, Argentina.
Alexandra Terrazas-LandivarDepartment of Psychiatry, Mental Health Center, Universidad Domingo Savio, Santa Cruz de la Sierra 0701, Bolivia.
Laura ViolaDepartment of Child Psychiatry, Asociación Española, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay.
Tomás Caycho-RodríguezSchool of Psychology, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima 15067, Peru.ORCID 0000-0002-5349-7570
Osvaldo MelgarejoDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo 001511, Paraguay.
Rodrigo NavarroDepartment of Medical Psychology, School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo 001511, Paraguay.
Oscar GarcíaDepartment of Medical Psychology, School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo 001511, Paraguay.
José Almirón-SantacruzDepartment of Medical Psychology, School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo 001511, Paraguay.
João Mauricio Castaldelli-MaiaDepartment of Neuroscience, Fundação do ABC, Santo André 19802-300, SP, Brazil.
Antonio VentriglioDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3934-7007
Universidad Nacional de Asunción · PYInstituto Universitario Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes · UYNorth East London NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversidad Científica del Sur · PEUniversidad del Salvador · ARUniversidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidad Privada Domingo Savio · BOUniversity of Foggia · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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COVID-19fatiguepandemicpandemic fatigueSouth Americavaccination

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PMID36979253
PMCPMC10046533
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