Morgado Toscano, CristinaAllande Cussó, ReginaFagundo Rivera, JavierNavarro Abal, YolandaCliment Rodríguez, José AntonioGómez Salgado, Juan2023-06-222023-06-222023-02Morgado-Toscano, C., Allande-Cussó, R., Fagundo-Rivera, J., Navarro-Abal, Y., Climent-Rodríguez, J. A., & Gómez-Salgado, J. (2023). Adaptation and initial psychometric study of the anxiety and fear of COVID-19 scale in the United Kingdom population. In Frontiers in Psychiatry (Vol. 14). Frontiers Media SA. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.10711461664-0640 (electrónico)https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22233Objective: The aim of the study was the initial psychometric study to validate the anxiety and fear of COVID-19 (AMICO) assessment scale in the general population of the United Kingdom population. Materials and methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional, psychometric validation and descriptive study was conducted, performing univariate and bivariate analyses, as well as exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Results: The sample was 658 people living in the United Kingdom over 16 years. Of the total, 80.5% were female, with a mean age of 48.25 years (SD = 14.861). A mean score for the AMICO scale of 4.85 (SD = 2.398) was obtained, with a range of scores from 1 to 10. The study of percentiles and quartiles allowed for the identification of three proposed levels of anxiety. Conclusion: The AMICO_UK scale is reliable to measure the presence of anxiety and fear related to the COVID-19 disease in the United Kingdom population. The majority of the United Kingdom population presented low levels of anxiety and fear at the time the scale was administeredengAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/AnxietyCOVID-19FearScalesUnited Kingdomjournal article10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1071146open access61 Psicología3212 Salud Publica