Personality, Psychological Assessment and Treatment Area, Department of Clinical and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sports Sciences, University of Huelva, 21071, Huelva, Spain.
Department of Nursing, University of Seville, Spain. Avenzoar st, 6, 41009, Sevilla, Spain.
BMC Public Health. 2022 Aug 20;22(1):1589. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13960-w.
The elderly population has proven to be a particularly vulnerable group with regard to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to study the psychometric properties of the Ansiedad y MIedo a Covid-19 scale (AMICO) on a population-based sample of elderly people.
A descriptive and psychometric cross-sectional study, based on questionnaires, was carried out. An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was performed, as well as a bivariate analysis between the different sociodemographic variables with respect to the total scale score.
A sample of 720 adults over 65 years of age was obtained, 52.2% of whom were women. The structure of the factor of the scale showed two factors (fear and anxiety) and was confirmed with good fit parameters. The overall reliability of the scale in terms of internal consistency was α = 0.94.
The AMICO scale is a valid and reliable instrument to measure anxiety and fear of COVID-19 in the Spanish population over 65 years of age. Women and subjects with a partner showed the highest values of fear and anxiety.
老年人被证明是 COVID-19 大流行影响的一个特别脆弱的群体。本研究的目的是研究基于人群的老年人样本中对 Ansiedad y MIedo a Covid-19 量表（AMICO）的心理测量特性。
进行了一项基于问卷的描述性和心理测量的横断面研究。进行了探索性和验证性因素分析，以及总量表得分与不同社会人口学变量之间的双变量分析。
获得了 720 名 65 岁以上成年人的样本，其中 52.2%为女性。量表的因子结构显示为两个因子（恐惧和焦虑），并具有良好的拟合参数得到证实。从内部一致性的角度来看，量表的整体可靠性为α=0.94。
AMICO 量表是一种有效且可靠的工具，可用于衡量西班牙 65 岁以上人群对 COVID-19 的焦虑和恐惧。女性和有伴侣的受试者表现出最高的恐惧和焦虑值。
