Adaptation and evaluation of Turkish version of the fear of COVID-19 Scale

Abstract

We investigated the psychometric properties of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale in Turkish among a diverse group with a focus on the prevalence of coronavirus related fear across gender, age intervals, SES, chronic illness situation, and educational level. Based on a confirmatory factor analysis, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale had appropriate psychometric properties for utilization, including excellent goodness-of-fit indices, a Cronbach's alpha value of .86, and discriminant validity, as shown by a significant negative correlation with resilience. Furthermore, group comparison analyses revealed that women reported significantly higher fear of coronavirus. Additionally, individuals from middle SES reported significantly higher fear of coronavirus while the fear of coronavirus did not differ based on participants' educational level, socioeconomic status, and age level. Implications for mental health providers are discussed.

Social work responses and household-level determinants of coronavirus preparedness in rural Ethiopia

“…Improving the rural societies understanding of COVID 19 is vital for safeguarding the health and livelihoods of the most vulnerable people, including Ethiopia. Hence, the majority of rural households are from low socioeconomic groups that probably exposed to adverse conditions, such as nancial, food, and medicine safety problems [25]. In line with this, this study surveyed the rural peoples' consciousness of coronavirus and possible factors hindering their preparedness and response.…”

“…Many of the research work on COVID 19 have targeted the socioeconomic impact of coronavirus [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22], the nature of the virus [8,[23][24][25][26][27], and prevention and treatment in health care [4,12,[28][29][30][31]. The available works on COVID 19 in Ethiopia focused on the probable impact of COVID 19 by employing desk review and experts point of view, without empirical evidence.…”

Societal Responses and Household-Level Determinants of Coronavirus Preparedness in Rural Ethiopia

“…Besides, households who belong to middle economic status have a 32% higher probability of making preparedness and response compared to the lowest economic group households. and medicine safety problems [25]. In line with this, this study surveyed the rural peoples' consciousness of coronavirus and possible factors hindering their preparedness and response.…”

“…Many of the research work on COVID 19 have targeted the socioeconomic impact of coronavirus [4,8,12,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]. The available works on COVID 19 in Ethiopia focused on the probable impact of COVID 19 by employing desk review and experts point of view, without empirical evidence.…”

Social work responses and household-level determinants of coronavirus preparedness in rural Ethiopia

“…Many of the research work on COVID 19 have targeted the socioeconomic impact of coronavirus [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22], the nature of the virus [8,[23][24][25][26][27], and prevention and treatment in health care [4,12,[28][29][30][31]. The available works on COVID 19 in Ethiopia focused on the probable impact of COVID 19 by employing desk review and experts point of view, without empirical evidence.…”