Pandemic Fatigue in Nursing Undergraduates: Role of Individual Resilience and Coping Styles in Health Promotion

• DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.940544
• Publication Date: 2022-08-04T05:30:20Z
• Authors: Rajesh Kumar; Kalpana Beniwal; Yogesh Bahurupi
• Keywords: Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic was soon declared a global health threat and had significant economic implications. Unprecedented government measures brought massive shifts in teaching-learning pedagogy nursing to curb the infection. study conducted explore predictors of fatigue among undergraduates mediating role individual resilience coping styles during third wave India.This online survey included 256 undergraduate students studying at Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital North India. Lockdown/Pandemic Fatigue Questionnaire, Brief Resilience Scale, Coping Behavior Questionnaire were used collect information. Appropriate descriptive inferential statistics applied compute results.Nursing reported moderate level restrictions imposed time wave. Students' year (p = 0.001), tested positive 0.003), post-COVID-19 hospitalization 0.026) found associated with higher status. Advanced age 0.046) personal status < 0.001) lower levels. (ß - 4.311 p second 3.198, 0.015) as independent students.Findings suggest that lockdown-related common undergraduates. Considering negative consequences on mental health, routine psychosocial screening should be conducted. Recommending stress-relieving enforced help combat lockdown-induced exhaustion.