Measurement of coronaphobia in older adults: Validation of the Spanish version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) is an instrument that measures the severity of anxiety due to COVID-19 or coronaphobia. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults are the most vulnerable age group; therefore, the aim of the study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the CAS in this group.

Materials and method

274 Peruvian older adults participated (M_age=67.86; SD=6.34, 64.6% women). In addition to the CAS, the 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2), and 2-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-2) were applied. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to assess the factor structure of the CAS and Item Response Theory was used to analyze item characteristics. A sequence of hierarchical variance models w

SUBMITTER: Caycho-Rodriguez T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8765729 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature