The Influence of Changes in Daily Life Habits and Well-Being on Fatigue Level During COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic and its lockdown in March 2020 have led to changes in lifestyle and increased levels of anxiety, depression, and fatigue. This survey examined a number of factors (anxiety state, sleep quality, daily activities, mental load, work-related variables) influencing mental and physical fatigue during lockdown and how these relations have evolved one year later. A cohort of 430 workers and 124 retirees were recruited in April-May 2020 (lockdown period, data set 1), and a subsample (133 workers and 40 retirees) completed the same questionnaire in April-May 2021 (data set 2). Linear regression models showed a significant subjective increase in both physical and mental fatigue in both worker and retiree groups during lockdown, and a supplementary increase in physical fatigue an

SUBMITTER: Charonitis M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11259104 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature