Validation of the Canadian French version of the fear of COVID‐19 scale in the general population of Quebec

Attieh, Randa; Koffi, Kouamé; Touré, Moustapha; Parr-Labbé, Érica; Pakpour, Amir H.; Poder, Thomas G.

doi:10.1002/brb3.2550

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“… 16 We assessed the fear of COVID-19 using the French-Canadian version of the FCV-19S, where participants responded to seven questions by choosing “strongly disagree”, “disagree”, “neutral”, “agree”, and “strongly agree”. 17 The SOC-3 Score is based on 3 questions and was grouped into 0–4 and 5–6, as recommended. 18 The other independent variables were socio-demographic variables such as age, gender, education, income, occupation, residential and financial status (ie, loss as a result of COVID-19 situation), willingness to take risk, and other personal attributes.…”

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Predictors of Vaccine Acceptance, Confidence, and Hesitancy in General, and COVID-19 Vaccination Refusal in the Province of Quebec, Canada

Nizigiyimana¹,

Acharya²,

Morillon³

et al. 2022

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Introduction A surge of COVID-19 variants is a major concern, and literatures that support developing an optimum level of herd immunity are meaningful. This study aimed to examine the factors associated with vaccine acceptance, confidence, and hesitancy in general, and COVID-19 vaccination refusal in the general population of Quebec, Canada. Methods A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted in October and November 2020 among French-speaking participants above 18 years of age employing quota sampling technique. The questionnaire included socio-demographic and attitudinal variables towards vaccination. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the association between independent and outcome variables. Results Of total 1599 participants, 88.9%, 87.5%, 78.5%, and 18.2%, respectively, indicated vaccine acceptance, high level of vaccine confidence, low level of vaccine hesitancy, and COVID-19 vaccination refusals. Participants having higher education, income, and fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S) were more likely to get vaccinated, while smokers were less likely to get vaccinated. Similarly, age groups (40–59, and ≥60 years), higher education, income, permanent resident in Canada, country of parents from Canada, ever faced acute disease in the family, higher sense of coherence, and FCV-19S scores were predictors of high levels of vaccine confidence. Higher education, income, sense of coherence and FCV-19S scores, and higher health-related quality of life (CORE-6D) produced lower levels of vaccine hesitancy. Conversely, those acting as caretaker, other essential worker, smoker, and those with financial losses were more likely to have higher vaccine hesitancy. Additionally, ≥60 years of age, higher education and income, country of parents from Canada, higher scores of willingness to take risk and FCV-19S were less likely to have high level of COVID-19 vaccination refusal. Conclusion Over three quarters of the participants indicated positive attitudes toward vaccination. Some socio-demographic and health-related quality of life factors were associated with the outcome variables, and these should be sought while designing interventions to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates.

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Predictors of Vaccine Acceptance, Confidence, and Hesitancy in General, and COVID-19 Vaccination Refusal in the Province of Quebec, Canada

Nizigiyimana¹,

Acharya²,

Morillon³

et al. 2022

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“…The value sets used to calculate the scores in the QALY instrument were produced using a discrete-choice experiment (DCE) for the SF-6Dv2 [ 32 ] and the time trade-off (TTO) method for the CORE-6D [ 31 ]. Fear of COVID-19 was assessed using the French-Canadian version of the FCV-19S for French-speaking respondents [ 33 ] and the English-UK version for those responding in English [ 34 ]. In the Fear of COVID-19 scale, participants responded to seven questions by choosing: “strongly disagree,” “disagree,” “neutral, “agree,” and “strongly agree” [ 33 ] (see supplementary information (SI)—Questionnaire)).…”

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“…Fear of COVID-19 was assessed using the French-Canadian version of the FCV-19S for French-speaking respondents [ 33 ] and the English-UK version for those responding in English [ 34 ]. In the Fear of COVID-19 scale, participants responded to seven questions by choosing: “strongly disagree,” “disagree,” “neutral, “agree,” and “strongly agree” [ 33 ] (see supplementary information (SI)—Questionnaire)).…”

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the health-related quality of life of frontline workers: the case of seven low-income Eastern African countries

Nizigiyimana,

Acharya,

Poder

2023

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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Purpose This study aimed to explore the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of humanitarian and healthcare workers and its related factors in seven Eastern African countries (EAC). Methods A sample of frontline workers filled out an online cross-sectional survey questionnaire comprising socio-demographic, degree of symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, and distress, alcohol and tobacco consumption, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) using Short Form 6-Dimension version 2 (SF-6Dv2) and Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation 6-Dimension (CORE-6D), and fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S) questionnaires. Multivariate regressions were conducted to identify independent factors associated with HRQoL. Results Of total 721 study participants, mean (standard deviation) scores for SF-6Dv2 and CORE-6D were 0.87 (0.18) and 0.81 (0.14), respectively. Participants with an education level below a university degree, having chronic diseases, been tested positive to COVID-19, with traumatic memories, depression, insomnia, distress, and stress were found to have lower HRQoL likelihood in terms of SF-6Dv2 scores during the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, participants with chronic diseases, exposure to COVID-19 patients, depression, insomnia, distress, stress, tested positive with COVID-19, and high level of fear of COVID-19, had lower HRQoL likelihood in terms of CORE-6D scores. Participants who were married had higher HRQoL likelihoods in terms of SF-6Dv2 scores. Conclusion Some personal and mental health characteristics, and COVID-19 related factors, were predictors of lower HRQoL of frontline workers in EAC. These findings should be meaningful while designing sustainable interventions and guidelines aiming to improve the HRQoL of frontline workers during a pandemic situation.

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“…It should be noted that the terms "Canadian French" (Walker 1984;Martineau 2007;Poder et al 2021;Attieh et al 2022), "Belgian French" (Hambye and Simon 2012;Pedraza andCougnon 2021) andSwiss French (Sertling Miller 2007;Racine and Andreassen 2012) are fully accepted terms in the literature in English as well as in French (Mougeon and Beniak 1989;Martineau 2005;Andreassen 2018;Pigeon 2021). About Canadian French, it may be worth mentioning the statement by Poliquin (2006: 4), a French-speaking Ontarian and linguist: "I have grown up referring to my dialect as 'français canadien' not 'français québécois'".…”

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Towards a Comprehensive Dictionary of Gabonese French

Mavoungou

Ndinga-Koumba-Binza

Ompoussa

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The present article reports on the conceptualization of the Dictionnaire Général du Français Gabonais. The dictionary project is a first of its kind in Gabonese lexicography. As an outcome of the inception of Gabonese French lexicography, the dictionary project arose from a discussion on the definition of Gabonese French, which Gabonese French lexicography should account for. In this article, the project background as well as the interests for the planned dictionary are presented. The article also deals with two key aspects of the dictionary conceptualization plan, i.e., lexicographic processes and the dictionary basis. Keywords: conceptualization plan, dictionary basis, dictionary project, French, Gabon, language appropriation, lexicographic processes

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Validation of the Canadian French version of the fear of COVID‐19 scale in the general population of Quebec

Cited by 9 publications

References 70 publications

Predictors of Vaccine Acceptance, Confidence, and Hesitancy in General, and COVID-19 Vaccination Refusal in the Province of Quebec, Canada

Predictors of Vaccine Acceptance, Confidence, and Hesitancy in General, and COVID-19 Vaccination Refusal in the Province of Quebec, Canada

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the health-related quality of life of frontline workers: the case of seven low-income Eastern African countries

Towards a Comprehensive Dictionary of Gabonese French

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