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Understanding daily life of women and men with the post-Covid-19 syndrome : studying fatigue symptoms with ESM methodology

Westerburg, T. (2022) Understanding daily life of women and men with the post-Covid-19 syndrome : studying fatigue symptoms with ESM methodology.

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Abstract:Many people are left with persistent symptoms that remain long after the acute infection with COVID-19. This condition is now called post-COVID-19 syndrome and is often characterised by enduring fatigue, especially physical fatigue. However, there is just limited knowledge regarding the course and the risk factor of fatigue over time. The association between physical fatigue and (positive and negative) affect and gender as a potential moderator variable were investigated over 14 days to improve knowledge about physical fatigue as a post-COVID-19 syndrome symptom. This study has used the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) to collect repeated measurements six times a day concerning the current levels of physical fatigue and positive and negative affect from ten Dutch ex-hospitalised people with the post-COVID-19 syndrome. The study's results demonstrated that post-COVID-19 syndrome patients who reported more positive affect tend to feel less physical fatigued. Similarly, when reporting more negative affect, they seemed to feel more physical fatigued. Furthermore, weaker within-person and stronger between-person associations were found. Being male also seemed to work as a moderator by increasing the relationship between physical fatigue and negative affect. Lastly, fewer positive or more negative affect seemed to increase physical fatigue two hours later
Item Type:Essay (Master)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:77 psychology
Programme:Psychology MSc (66604)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/92846
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