Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A New Instrument to Measure Anxiety Symptoms Associated with COVID-19
Background: The purpose of this study was to adapt and validate the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in a sample of Hispanic residents in Puerto Rico. This instrument is a brief mental health screening to identify anxiety symptoms associated with COVID-19. Method: An availability sampling and a sample of 3...
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| author | Juan Aníbal González-Rivera Adam Rosario-Rodríguez Andrés Cruz-Santos |
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| description | Background: The purpose of this study was to adapt and validate the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in a sample of Hispanic residents in Puerto Rico. This instrument is a brief mental health screening to identify anxiety symptoms associated with COVID-19. Method: An availability sampling and a sample of 327 Spanish-speaking participants were used. Results: Psychometric analyses confirmed that the scale has a one-dimensional structure and solid reliability (Ω = .93) and validity. The five items met fair discrimination values, demonstrating that the instrument can distinguish between people with anxiety symptoms associated with COVID-19 and those without symptoms. According to the analyses performed, the cut-off points to identify significant symptoms of coronavirus anxiety was ≥ 10. The prevalence of significant symptoms of coronavirus anxiety was 15.29% (n = 50). Conclusions: These results support the scale as a useful and valid tool for clinical research and practice. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8d889ee0d6354c39aa1847ac9f2c83422025-02-02T14:27:15ZengInstituto Peruano de Orientación Psicológica – IPOPSInteracciones2411-59402413-44652020-10-0163e163https://doi.org/10.24016/2020.v6n3.163Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A New Instrument to Measure Anxiety Symptoms Associated with COVID-19Juan Aníbal González-Rivera0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0622-8308Adam Rosario-Rodríguez1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1603-5040Andrés Cruz-Santos2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6071-8693Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, Puerto Rico.Universidad Carlos Albizu, San Juan, Puerto RicoUniversidad Carlos Albizu, San Juan, Puerto RicoBackground: The purpose of this study was to adapt and validate the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in a sample of Hispanic residents in Puerto Rico. This instrument is a brief mental health screening to identify anxiety symptoms associated with COVID-19. Method: An availability sampling and a sample of 327 Spanish-speaking participants were used. Results: Psychometric analyses confirmed that the scale has a one-dimensional structure and solid reliability (Ω = .93) and validity. The five items met fair discrimination values, demonstrating that the instrument can distinguish between people with anxiety symptoms associated with COVID-19 and those without symptoms. According to the analyses performed, the cut-off points to identify significant symptoms of coronavirus anxiety was ≥ 10. The prevalence of significant symptoms of coronavirus anxiety was 15.29% (n = 50). Conclusions: These results support the scale as a useful and valid tool for clinical research and practice.https://ojs.revistainteracciones.com/index.php/rin/article/view/163anxietycoronaviruscovid-19psychometric propertiesvalidity |
| spellingShingle | Juan Aníbal González-Rivera Adam Rosario-Rodríguez Andrés Cruz-Santos Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A New Instrument to Measure Anxiety Symptoms Associated with COVID-19 Interacciones anxiety coronavirus covid-19 psychometric properties validity |
| title | Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A New Instrument to Measure Anxiety Symptoms Associated with COVID-19 |
| title_full | Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A New Instrument to Measure Anxiety Symptoms Associated with COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A New Instrument to Measure Anxiety Symptoms Associated with COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A New Instrument to Measure Anxiety Symptoms Associated with COVID-19 |
| title_short | Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A New Instrument to Measure Anxiety Symptoms Associated with COVID-19 |
| title_sort | coronavirus anxiety scale a new instrument to measure anxiety symptoms associated with covid 19 |
| topic | anxiety coronavirus covid-19 psychometric properties validity |
| url | https://ojs.revistainteracciones.com/index.php/rin/article/view/163 |
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