Giordani Rubia Carla Formighieri, Giolo Suely Ruiz, Muhl Camila, Estavela Arune João, Mabuie Gove Janete Ismael
Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
Department of Statistics, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2021 Mar 19;14:345-354. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S298948. eCollection 2021.
This study aimed to validate the Portuguese version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) and investigate its association with sociodemographic and pandemic-related variables in the population of Mozambique.
A cross-sectional online survey recruited 387 Mozambicans aged 18 to 70 years. The psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the FCV-19S were evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis and Rash analysis. Additionally, the association of the FCV-19S with sociodemographic and pandemic-related variables was investigated using the two-sample -test, one-way analysis of variance, and logistic regression.
The unidimensional factor structure of the Portuguese version of the FCV-19S was confirmed, and the scale showed good internal consistency reliability. The FCV-19S properties tested from the Rasch analysis were satisfactory. Women and those with lower education levels had higher scores of fear. Moreover, significantly higher levels of fear were observed among those being in an at-risk group for COVID-19, having family members or friends diagnosed or with death confirmed by COVID-19, and not being confident that they would receive adequate care from the public health services in case of COVID-19 infection.
The Portuguese version of FCV-19S has strong psychometric properties and can be used to assess the fear of COVID-19 in the Portuguese-speaking population of Mozambique. As the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health represents a challenge to clinical psychiatry, and information on mental health in African countries is still scarce, our findings may assist in the planning of public mental health policies, aimed mainly at specific segments of the population, such as women and people in extreme poverty.
本研究旨在验证葡萄牙语版的新冠恐惧量表（FCV - 19S），并调查其与莫桑比克人群的社会人口统计学及疫情相关变量之间的关联。
一项横断面在线调查招募了387名年龄在18至70岁之间的莫桑比克人。使用验证性因子分析和拉什分析评估葡萄牙语版FCV - 19S的心理测量特性。此外，使用双样本t检验、单因素方差分析和逻辑回归研究FCV - 19S与社会人口统计学及疫情相关变量之间的关联。
证实了葡萄牙语版FCV - 19S的单维因子结构，该量表显示出良好的内部一致性信度。从拉什分析测试的FCV - 19S特性令人满意。女性和教育水平较低的人恐惧得分更高。此外，在新冠病毒感染风险人群、有家庭成员或朋友被诊断感染新冠病毒或确诊死亡的人群，以及对感染新冠病毒时能否从公共卫生服务获得充分护理缺乏信心的人群中，观察到恐惧水平显著更高。
葡萄牙语版FCV - 19S具有很强的心理测量特性，可用于评估莫桑比克讲葡萄牙语人群对新冠病毒的恐惧。由于新冠疫情对心理健康的不利影响给临床精神病学带来了挑战，且非洲国家的心理健康信息仍然匮乏，我们的研究结果可能有助于规划主要针对特定人群（如女性和极端贫困人口）的公共心理健康政策。
