Determinants of the Impact of Fatigue on the Health of Polish Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
(1) Lockdown-related fatigue occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic is a complex problem that can be experienced in different social groups. The objective of the current study is to attempt to identify socio-demographic and lifestyle-related factors that determine the impact of fatigue on health in...
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| author | Ewa Kupcewicz Kamila Rachubińska Aleksandra Gaworska-Krzemińska Anna Andruszkiewicz Ewa Kawalec-Kajstura Dorota Kozieł Katarzyna Młynarska Elżbieta Grochans |
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| description | (1) Lockdown-related fatigue occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic is a complex problem that can be experienced in different social groups. The objective of the current study is to attempt to identify socio-demographic and lifestyle-related factors that determine the impact of fatigue on health in general as well as in physical, cognitive, and psychosocial terms and to determine whether, and to what extent, these were predictors of fatigue in nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2) The study was conducted by the diagnostic poll method between 20 March and 15 December 2021 among 894 nursing students at six Polish universities. To collect the data, a validated Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) was used. (3) Students from the age group of ≤20 experienced a significantly greater impact of fatigue on health in general as well as in physical and cognitive terms. The study demonstrated a significant negative relationship between the year of study and the impact of fatigue on health in general terms (r = −0.12; <i>p</i> < 0.0001) and the analyzed health terms, on physical (r = −0.12; <i>p</i> < 0.0001), cognitive (r = −0.10; <i>p</i> < 0.002), and psychosocial (r = −0.07; <i>p</i> < 0.041). In predicting the impact of fatigue on health in general and physical terms, it was the variable related to a reduction in physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic that had the greatest contribution, while for the cognitive and psychosocial functions, it was the number of meals consumed per day. (4) It is recognized that action is needed to reduce the impact of fatigue on student health by modifying the predictors related to student lifestyles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-167c554a80c04de5bbdd0810e12310cd2023-11-24T00:39:45ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832022-10-011120603410.3390/jcm11206034Determinants of the Impact of Fatigue on the Health of Polish Nursing Students during the COVID-19 PandemicEwa Kupcewicz0Kamila Rachubińska1Aleksandra Gaworska-Krzemińska2Anna Andruszkiewicz3Ewa Kawalec-Kajstura4Dorota Kozieł5Katarzyna Młynarska6Elżbieta Grochans7Department of Nursing, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, PolandDepartment of Nursing, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 71-210 Szczecin, PolandInstitute of Nursing and Midwifery, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-227 Gdansk, PolandDepartment of Basic Clinical Skills and Postgraduate Education for Nurses and Midwifes, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-821 Bydgoszcz, PolandDepartment of Internal Medicine and Community Nursing, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, 30-688 Krakow, PolandMedical College, J. Kochanowski University in Kielce, 25-369 Kielce, PolandDepartment of Nursing, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, PolandDepartment of Nursing, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 71-210 Szczecin, Poland(1) Lockdown-related fatigue occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic is a complex problem that can be experienced in different social groups. The objective of the current study is to attempt to identify socio-demographic and lifestyle-related factors that determine the impact of fatigue on health in general as well as in physical, cognitive, and psychosocial terms and to determine whether, and to what extent, these were predictors of fatigue in nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2) The study was conducted by the diagnostic poll method between 20 March and 15 December 2021 among 894 nursing students at six Polish universities. To collect the data, a validated Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) was used. (3) Students from the age group of ≤20 experienced a significantly greater impact of fatigue on health in general as well as in physical and cognitive terms. The study demonstrated a significant negative relationship between the year of study and the impact of fatigue on health in general terms (r = −0.12; <i>p</i> < 0.0001) and the analyzed health terms, on physical (r = −0.12; <i>p</i> < 0.0001), cognitive (r = −0.10; <i>p</i> < 0.002), and psychosocial (r = −0.07; <i>p</i> < 0.041). In predicting the impact of fatigue on health in general and physical terms, it was the variable related to a reduction in physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic that had the greatest contribution, while for the cognitive and psychosocial functions, it was the number of meals consumed per day. (4) It is recognized that action is needed to reduce the impact of fatigue on student health by modifying the predictors related to student lifestyles.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/20/6034COVID-19pandemicfatiguehealth |
| spellingShingle | Ewa Kupcewicz Kamila Rachubińska Aleksandra Gaworska-Krzemińska Anna Andruszkiewicz Ewa Kawalec-Kajstura Dorota Kozieł Katarzyna Młynarska Elżbieta Grochans Determinants of the Impact of Fatigue on the Health of Polish Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Clinical Medicine COVID-19 pandemic fatigue health |
| title | Determinants of the Impact of Fatigue on the Health of Polish Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Determinants of the Impact of Fatigue on the Health of Polish Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Determinants of the Impact of Fatigue on the Health of Polish Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of the Impact of Fatigue on the Health of Polish Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Determinants of the Impact of Fatigue on the Health of Polish Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | determinants of the impact of fatigue on the health of polish nursing students during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | COVID-19 pandemic fatigue health |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/20/6034 |
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