RT Journal Article
T1 Anxiety and fear of COVID-19 in the UK general population: A cross-sectional study
A1 Morgado Toscano, Cristina
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
A1 Fagundo Rivera, Javier
A1 Navarro Abal, Yolanda
A1 Rodríguez Jiménez, Lucas
A1 Climent Rodríguez, José Antonio
A1 Allande Cussó, Regina
AB There is still a generalized feeling of uncertainty in the population due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, asrestrictions on daily routines and social contact, accompanied by a large number of infections, negatively affect different areasof people’s lives and, therefore, their mental health. The aim of the present study was to assess the presence of anxiety and fearof COVID-19 in the general UK population, using the Anxiety and Fear to COVID-19 Assessment Scale (Ansiedad y Miedo alCOVID-19) (AMICO) scale. A descriptive, cross-sectional study based on a questionnaire was conducted in a sample of the UKgeneral population in 2021. Socio-demographic and employment variables were included. The AMICO scale was included tomeasure fear and anxiety about COVID-19. The relationship between variables was studied with a categorical regression analysis.In general, participants regarded themselves as well-informed about the pandemic, although 62.6% had only received 1 dose ofthe vaccine. Regarding the AMICO scale the total score was 4.85 (out of 10; standard deviation 2.398). Women showed higherscores for the AMICO than men. The bivariate analysis revealed statistically significant differences in relation to self-confidence,amount of information received, and vaccination variables as related to the mean AMICO scores. An average level of anxiety andfear of COVID-19 is shown in the general UK population, which is lower than most of the studies that assessed the impact of thepandemic on the general population.
PB Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
SN 0025-7974
SN 1536-5964 (electrónico)
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22154
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22154
LA eng
NO Morgado-Toscano, C., Gómez-Salgado, J., Fagundo-Rivera, J., Navarro-Abal, Y., Rodríguez-Jiménez, L., Climent-Rodríguez, J. A., & Allande-Cussó, R. (2023). Anxiety and fear of COVID-19 in the UK general population: A cross-sectional study. In Medicine (Vol. 102, Issue 10, p. e33045). Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000033045
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026