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
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 anx iety and 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 con struct validity 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 Publications
SN 0036-8504
SN 2047-7163 (electrónico)
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20606
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20606
LA eng
NO Gómez-Salgado, J., Allande-Cussó, R., Rodríguez-Domínguez, C., Domínguez-Salas, S., Camacho-Martín, S., Romero Ruiz, A., & Ruiz-Frutos, C. (2021). Development and criterion validity of the COVID-19 anxiety and fear assessment scale: a cross sectional study. In Science Progress (Vol. 104, Issue 4, p. 003685042110502). SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/00368504211050291
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026