Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Department of Psychology, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia, USA.
Death Stud. 2022;46(2):280-289. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1808762. Epub 2020 Aug 18.
The present study examined the validity of the coronaphobia phenomenon with healthcare professionals using a psychometric approach. Using SurveyMonkey, an adapted version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale-Healthcare version (CAS-HC) was administered to 231 adult healthcare professionals in Mexico. Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that dysfunctional coronavirus anxiety symptoms cohered into a reliable, single factor structure of coronaphobia. A receiver operating characteristic curve analysis indicated that the classification features of the CAS-HC were strong, but supported a less stringent cut-score for this population. Construct validity was supported by the positive correlations between the CAS-HC and measures of depression and generalized anxiety, while known groups validity was found with high CAS-HC scores exhibited by those working in emergency rooms, triage, and intensive care units. The findings collectively support the coronaphobia construct with healthcare professionals, and the finding that over one third of the participants in the study scored in the clinical range on this measure points to the critical importance of assessing and alleviating this form of distress in this vulnerable but indispensable workforce.
本研究采用心理计量学方法，考察了医护人员对冠状恐惧症现象的有效性。研究人员通过 SurveyMonkey 向 231 名墨西哥成年医护人员发放了经过改编的冠状病毒焦虑量表-医护版（CAS-HC）。验证性因素分析表明，功能失调的冠状病毒焦虑症状凝聚成一个可靠的、单一的冠状恐惧症结构。受试者工作特征曲线分析表明，CAS-HC 的分类特征很强，但支持对这一人群使用较低的截断分数。该量表与抑郁和广泛性焦虑的测量值呈正相关，支持了结构效度，而在急诊科、分诊和重症监护病房工作的人群中出现的高 CAS-HC 评分则表明了效标效度。研究结果共同支持了医护人员的冠状恐惧症结构，研究中超过三分之一的参与者在这一测量中得分处于临床范围，这表明评估和缓解这一脆弱但不可或缺的劳动力群体的这种困扰形式至关重要。
