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Gómez-Salgado, Juan Allande-Cussó, Regina Rodríguez-Domínguez, Carmen Domínguez-Salas, Sara Camacho-Martín, Selena Romero-Ruiz, Adolfo Ruiz-Frutos, Carlos 2024-02-01T12:38:15Z 2024-02-01T12:38:15Z 2021-04 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 https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29624 DOI: 10.1177/00368504211050291 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 in the feeling of uncertainty of the population, who is also experiencing an increase in levels of anxiety and fear regarding the COVID-19 disease. Objective: The objective of the study was the construct and criterion validation of the Escala de evaluación de la Ansiedad y MIedo a COVID-19 (AMICO, for its acronym in Spanish) to measure both constructs in the general Spanish population Methods: Descriptive study of psychometric validation. A field study was carried out to execute univariate 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 and specificity values were calculated. Results: The study sample was composed of 1036 subjects over 18 years of age, who resided in Spain, where 56.3% were women with a mean age of 48.11 years (SD =15.13). The study of construct validity reported two factors and 16 items, with a Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.92. The scale was concurrently valid with the used gold standard and obtained sensitivity values of 90.48% and specificity values of 76%. Conclusions: The AMICO scale is valid and reliable for assessing the level of anxiety and fear of COVID-19 in the adult Spanish population and is highly sensitive. eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Ansiedad Development and criterion validity of the COVID-19 anxiety and fear assessment scale: a cross sectional study journal article