Morgado-Toscano Cristina, Allande-Cussó Regina, Fagundo-Rivera Javier, Navarro-Abal Yolanda, Climent-Rodríguez Jose Antonio, Gómez-Salgado Juan
Health Sciences Doctorate, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain.
Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Front Psychiatry. 2023 Feb 6;14:1071146. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1071146. eCollection 2023.
OBJECTIVE: 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 administered.
目的:本研究旨在进行初步心理测量研究,以验证英国普通人群中新冠病毒焦虑与恐惧(AMICO)评估量表。 材料与方法:开展了一项描述性、横断面、心理测量学验证及描述性研究,进行单变量和双变量分析,以及探索性和验证性因素分析。 结果:样本为658名居住在英国的16岁以上人群。其中,80.5%为女性,平均年龄48.25岁(标准差=14.861)。AMICO量表平均得分为4.85(标准差=2.398),得分范围为1至10分。通过百分位数和四分位数研究确定了三个提议的焦虑水平。 结论:AMICO_UK量表可可靠地测量英国人群中与新冠病毒疾病相关的焦虑和恐惧情况。在量表施测时,英国大多数人群的焦虑和恐惧水平较低。
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