The fear of the COVID-19 Scale: validation in the Portuguese general population

Soares, Francisca Ribeiro; Afonso, Rosa Marina; Martins, Ana Paula; Pakpour, Amir H.; Rosa, Celina Pires

doi:10.1080/07481187.2021.1889722

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“…It had a positive relationship with perceived stress and negative relationship with wellbeing. These findings are also consistent with previous studies (Pakpour et al, 2020;Satici et al, 2020b;Soares et al, 2021). Thus the study provides a potential contribution to Fear of COVID literature by analyzing the psychometric properties of FCV-19S in India.…”

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A Psychometric Analysis of Fear of COVID-19 Scale in India

Lathabhavan

2021

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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COVID-19 has had a serious negative impact on the mental health of people around the world. The present study analyses the psychometric properties of Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) in the Indian context. The study checks the one-factor and two-factor structures of the measure. Data were collected from 992 respondents from India. Structural equation modeling was performed to check the construct validity after checking the factorial validity, reliability, and model fit. Both one-factor and two-factor models had good psychometric properties. FCV-19S had significant relationships with stress and wellbeing. This study can serve as a reference to practitioners and researchers to understand and analyze fear of COVID among individuals and thus to support the mental health wellbeing during the pandemic.

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confidence: 91%

A Psychometric Analysis of Fear of COVID-19 Scale in India

Lathabhavan

2021

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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“…Since its development, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale has been translated and adapted to several languages [ 13 , 14 , 31 – 50 ]. The initial study examined the validity against the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Scale [ 30 ], similarly to the Portuguese [ 5 ], English [ 31 ], Italian [ 13 ], Arabic [ 46 ], Spanish [ 44 ] and Japanese [ 37 ] adaptations, while other studies confirmed the validity using various other measures of depression and anxiety [ 14 , 32 – 35 , 38 , 39 , 42 , 43 , 45 , 47 , 49 , 50 ]. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale has high reliability across translations and cultural adaptations [ 4 ].…”

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“…There is debate whether the Fear of COVID-19 Scale has a stable single-factor structure [ 4 ] as reported in the initial study [ 30 ] and several adaptations [ 5 , 13 , 14 , 31 , 32 , 34 , 36 , 38 – 43 , 46 , 50 – 53 ] or if it is bi-factorial as reported in Paraguayan [ 44 ], Israeli [ 45 ], Chinese [ 47 ], Norwegian [ 49 ], Argentinian [ 33 ], Peruvian [ 35 ], Japanese [ 37 ] and Eastern European [ 54 ] populations. The two-factor models define a cognitive and somatic fear [ 49 ] or emotional and psychological [ 37 ] fear.…”

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Adaptation and psychometric evaluation of Hungarian version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale

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Background COVID-19 pandemic has had a global major healthcare, social and economic impact. In present study we aim to adapt the Fear of COVID-19 Scale to Hungarian. Materials and methods Forward-backward translation method was used to translate the English version of the scale to Hungarian. Participants were a convenience sample of 2175 university students and employees. The study was conducted between January 18th and February 12th 2021. The test battery included Hungarian versions of Fear of COVID-19 scale, short Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-H) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Results The scale showed one-factor structure, the loadings on the factor were significant and strong (from .47 to .84). Internal consistency was very good (α = .84). Construct validity for the Fear of COVID-19 Scale was supported by significant and positive correlations with STAI (r = 0.402; p < 0.001) and BDI-H (r = 0.270; p < 0.001). Conclusion The Hungarian version of Fear of COVID-19 Scale is a reliable and valid tool in assessing fear of coronavirus.

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“…Also, a study analysing the impact of the COVID-19 in Portugal, Brazil, and Colombia has uncovered vulnerabilities regarding poor sleep quality and mild to moderate suicidal ideation in the population of those countries [15]. Moreover, moderate levels of fear of the COVID-19 have been reported in the Portuguese population [17], and high levels of depressive symptoms, stress, and anxiety have also been evidenced among health professionals [18].…”

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Portuguese population: Consumption of alcohol, stimulant drinks, illegal substances, and pharmaceuticals

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Background The measures implemented by governments worldwide to control and prevent the spread of the COVID-19 have impacted the populations and directly influenced individuals’ quality of life and consumption habits. Objective This work investigates the Portuguese population’s changes in alcohol, stimulants drinks, illegal substances, and pharmaceutical consumptions habits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods An online questionnaire comprising seven groups of questions–with one group referring to alcohol, stimulant drinks, illegal substances, and pharmaceuticals consumption habits–was made available to the general adult population of mainland Portugal from the 26th January through the 31st of March 2021. After applying the inclusion criteria, 1666 questionnaires were selected and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results Our results show that 48.9% of the participants have alcohol drinking habits and increased their alcohol consumption by 16% after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Furthermore, 8.7% of the respondents felt the need to increase their consumption of stimulant drinks, especially coffee, the most consumed stimulant drink (77.9%). We also observed that of the 3.1% of respondents who are usual consumers of illegal substances, 26.9% increased their consumption of these substances during the COVID-19 pandemic. Concerning pharmaceuticals, 23.2% of the respondents expressed their need to take a therapeutic drug after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The profile of common consumers of alcohol, stimulant drinks, illegal substances, and pharmaceuticals in the COVID-19 pandemic context is contrasting and varies according to gender, age, and employment status. Conclusions The COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in the consumption of alcohol, stimulant drinks, illegal substances, and pharmaceuticals prescribed to treat anxiety, depression, and sleep changes in the Portuguese population. These new consumption patterns have probably aggravated domestic violence, mental diseases, and impairment of family quality of life in the Portuguese population.

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The fear of the COVID-19 Scale: validation in the Portuguese general population

Cited by 14 publications

References 37 publications

A Psychometric Analysis of Fear of COVID-19 Scale in India

A Psychometric Analysis of Fear of COVID-19 Scale in India

Adaptation and psychometric evaluation of Hungarian version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Portuguese population: Consumption of alcohol, stimulant drinks, illegal substances, and pharmaceuticals

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