@article{10272/20606,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20606},
abstract = {Background: The emergence of the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2,
which causes COVID-19 disease, has been a major public health challenge and an increase in
the feeling of uncertainty of the population, who is also experiencing an increase in levels of anx iety and fear regarding the COVID-19 disease.
Objective: The objective of the study was the construct and criterion validation of the Escala de
evaluación de la Ansiedad y MIedo a COVID-19 (AMICO, for its acronym in Spanish) to measure both
constructs in the general Spanish population
Methods: Descriptive study of psychometric validation. A field study was carried out to execute
univariate and bivariate analyses, in addition to the exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis of the scale. For the criteria validity study, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and sensitivity and
specificity values were calculated.
Results: The study sample was composed of 1036 subjects over 18 years of age, who resided in
Spain, where 56.3% were women with a mean age of 48.11 years (SD =15.13). The study of con struct validity reported two factors and 16 items, with a Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.92. The scale
was concurrently valid with the used gold standard and obtained sensitivity values of 90.48% and
specificity values of 76%.
Conclusions: The AMICO scale is valid and reliable for assessing the level of anxiety and fear of
COVID-19 in the adult Spanish population and is highly sensitive.},
publisher = {SAGE Publications},
keywords = {Fear},
keywords = {Anxiety},
keywords = {COVID-19},
keywords = {Public health},
keywords = {Mental health},
keywords = {Instrument development},
title = {Development and criterion validity of the COVID-19 anxiety and fear assessment scale: a cross sectional study},
doi = {10.1177/00368504211050291},
author = {Gómez Salgado, Juan and Allande Cussó, Regina and Rodríguez Domínguez, Carmen and Domínguez Salas, Sara and Camacho Martín, Selena and Romero Ruiz, Adolfo and Ruiz Frutos, Carlos},
}