The Korean Version of Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Psychometric Validation in the Korean Population.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has psychological effects such as anxiety and depression as well as direct infection in people. The Fear of COVID-19 scale is a scale that can measure anxiety related to COVID-19 in a short time. The purpose of this study was to verify the reliability and validity the Korean version of Fear of COVID-19 scale (KF-COVID-19S).

Methods

The data of total 186 normal adults and 17 patients were finally used for the statistical analysis. For internal consistency, Cronbach's α was calculated. For concurrent and discriminant validity, the correlations with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS), Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15), World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment Instrument Brief Form (WHOQOLBREF) were a

SUBMITTER: Hwang KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8103023 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature