Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2022.126

"CORONAPHOBIA" IN PARAGUAY: SPANISH VALIDATION OF THE COVID-19 PHOBIA SCALE

Julio Torales ; Department of Medical Psychology, School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay ; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Carlos Ríos-González ; Research Department, School of Medical Sciences, National University of Caaguazú, Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay
Marcelo O'Higgins ; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
José Almirón-Santacruz ; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
Oscar García ; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
João Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia ; Department of Neuroscience, Fundação do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil ; Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Antonio Ventriglio ; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Iván Barrios orcid.org/0000-0002-6843-7685 ; Department of Statistics (Santa Rosa Campus), School of Medical Sciences, National University of Asunción, Santa Rosa del Aguaray, Paraguay

Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 is a highly transmissible disease caused by a new zoonotic coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 that
has led to several health, social, and economic issues worldwide. Anxiety and stress are predominant symptoms in the population
during the quarantine; also, levels of fear or phobia have been reported.
Subjects and methods: This study validate the Spanish version of the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S). Participants were
recruited using an Internet-based survey. The survey was open from July 20 to July 31, 2021 and 1079 subjects were included.
Results: Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test was adequate (KMO=0.956) and sphericity tested significantly (p<0.0001). The model of adjustment
was good as shown by fit indices (S-B χ2=351.67, df=164, p>0.05; RMSEA=0.033; SRMSR=0.042; CFI=0.995, NFI=0.990).
Conclusions: This confirms that the model of the Spanish version of the C19P-S may reproduce the same four-factors model
from the original version of the scale and all items of these factors reported standardized loadings higher than 0.40 (p<0.001).

Keywords

COVID-19; COVID-19 Phobia Scale; validity; reliability; factor analysis

Hrčak ID:

277526

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/277526

Publication date:

3.5.2022.

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