TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors and moderators of COVID-19 pandemic fatigue in Hong Kong
AU - Lai, Daniel W. L.
AU - Jin, Jiahui
AU - Yan, Elsie
AU - Lee, Vincent W.P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Health and Medical Research Fund (Grant Number: COVID190216), and internal funding of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Grant Number: P0038248).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors.
PY - 2023/5
Y1 - 2023/5
N2 - Background: Anti-pandemic fatigue has inevitably set in owing to the high intensity and prolonged presence of pandemic preventive measures. Globally, COVID-19 remains severe; however, pandemic fatigue may lead to less efficient viral control.Methods: A total of 803 participants residing in Hong Kong interviewed via telephone using a structured questionnaire. Linear regression was employed to test the corelates of anti-pandemic fatigue and the moderators that could potentially impact the appearance of fatigue.Results: When confounding effects of demographic factors (e.g., age, gender, educational attainment, and economic activity status) were avoided, daily hassles were found to be a core factor associated with anti-pandemic fatigue (B =0.369, SE =0.049, p = 0.000). For people with a higher level of pandemic-related knowledge and fewer obstacles brought about by preventive measures, the impact of daily hassles on pandemic fatigue weakened. Moreover, when pandemic-related knowledge was high, there was no positive association between adherence and fatigue.Conclusions: This study confirms that daily hassles can lead to anti-pandemic fatigue, which can be mitigated by improving the general public's understanding of the virus and developing more convenient measures.
AB - Background: Anti-pandemic fatigue has inevitably set in owing to the high intensity and prolonged presence of pandemic preventive measures. Globally, COVID-19 remains severe; however, pandemic fatigue may lead to less efficient viral control.Methods: A total of 803 participants residing in Hong Kong interviewed via telephone using a structured questionnaire. Linear regression was employed to test the corelates of anti-pandemic fatigue and the moderators that could potentially impact the appearance of fatigue.Results: When confounding effects of demographic factors (e.g., age, gender, educational attainment, and economic activity status) were avoided, daily hassles were found to be a core factor associated with anti-pandemic fatigue (B =0.369, SE =0.049, p = 0.000). For people with a higher level of pandemic-related knowledge and fewer obstacles brought about by preventive measures, the impact of daily hassles on pandemic fatigue weakened. Moreover, when pandemic-related knowledge was high, there was no positive association between adherence and fatigue.Conclusions: This study confirms that daily hassles can lead to anti-pandemic fatigue, which can be mitigated by improving the general public's understanding of the virus and developing more convenient measures.
KW - Anti-pandemic fatigue
KW - COVID-19
KW - Hassles
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.03.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.03.003
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36913768
AN - SCOPUS:85149827223
SN - 1876-0341
VL - 16
SP - 645
EP - 650
JO - Journal of Infection and Public Health
JF - Journal of Infection and Public Health
IS - 5
ER -
