RT Journal Article
T1 Development and criterion validity of the COVID-19 anxiety and fear assessment scale: a cross sectional study
A1 Gómez-Salgado, Juan
A1 Allande-Cussó, Regina
A1 Rodríguez-Domínguez, Carmen
A1 Domínguez-Salas, Sara
A1 Camacho-Martín, Selena
A1 Romero-Ruiz, Adolfo
A1 Ruiz-Frutos, Carlos
K1 Ansiedad
AB Background: The emergence of the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,which causes COVID-19 disease, has been a major public health challenge and an increase inthe feeling of uncertainty of the population, who is also experiencing an increase in levels of anxietyand fear regarding the COVID-19 disease.Objective: The objective of the study was the construct and criterion validation of the Escala deevaluación de la Ansiedad y MIedo a COVID-19 (AMICO, for its acronym in Spanish) to measure bothconstructs in the general Spanish populationMethods: Descriptive study of psychometric validation. A field study was carried out to executeunivariate and bivariate analyses, in addition to the exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis of the scale. For the criteria validity study, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and sensitivity andspecificity values were calculated.Results: The study sample was composed of 1036 subjects over 18 years of age, who resided inSpain, where 56.3% were women with a mean age of 48.11 years (SD =15.13). The study of constructvalidity reported two factors and 16 items, with a Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.92. The scalewas concurrently valid with the used gold standard and obtained sensitivity values of 90.48% andspecificity values of 76%.Conclusions: The AMICO scale is valid and reliable for assessing the level of anxiety and fear ofCOVID-19 in the adult Spanish population and is highly sensitive.
PB SAGE
YR 2021
FD 2021-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29624
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29624
LA eng
NO Gómez-Salgado J, Allande-Cussó R, Rodríguez-Domínguez C, Domínguez-Salas S, Camacho-Martín S, Romero Ruiz A, Ruiz-Frutos C. Development and criterion validity of the COVID-19 anxiety and fear assessment scale: a cross sectional study. Sci Prog. 2021 Oct;104(4):368504211050291
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026