COVID-19 Phobia in the United States: Validation of the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-SE)

Arpacı, İbrahim; Karataş, Kasım; Baloğlu, Mustafa; Haktanır, Abdulkadir

doi:10.1080/07481187.2020.1848945

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“…Compared to previous studies, in our study, the participants had a high level of mean C19P-S total score [ 15 , 17 ]. In terms of sub-dimensions, it was found that mean psychological and economic sub-dimension scores were high, while mean social and psychosomatic sub-dimension scores were low, similar to previous studies [ 8 , 21–23 ]. Previous studies demonstrated both psychological and physiological factors in different populations determining the COVID-19 phobia of an individual such as losing a relative due to COVID-19, having significant co-morbid illnesses [ 8 , 19 , 24 , 25 ].…”

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Impact of Corona-Phobia on Attitudes and Acceptance Towards COVID-19 Vaccine Among Cancer Patients: a Single-Center Study

Erdem

Karaman

2021

Future Oncol.

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Aim: This study aimed to assess the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) phobia and related factors on attitude towards COVID-19 vaccine in cancer patients. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with 300 adult patients using a validated COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S) and related survey to determine the factors affecting vaccine acceptance between May–June 2021. Results: Regarding the COVID-19 vaccine willingness, 86.7% accepted vaccination, 6.3% were hesitant and 7% refused vaccination. Patients that accepted vaccination had significantly higher C19P-S scores in general, and in psychological and psychosomatic subdivisions. Univariate analysis revealed that increased age, being retired, and being married were significantly associated with willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Conclusion: The majority of patients had high coronophobia levels which were associated with increased willingness for the COVID-19 vaccines. Minimizing negative attitudes towards vaccines will most likely be achieved by raising awareness in the cancer population about COVID-19 vaccine.

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confidence: 89%

Impact of Corona-Phobia on Attitudes and Acceptance Towards COVID-19 Vaccine Among Cancer Patients: a Single-Center Study

Erdem

Karaman

2021

Future Oncol.

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“…In addition, the C19P-S convergent and discriminant validities were supported (Arpaci, Karataş, & Baloğlu, 2020). In another study in the USA, Arpaci, Karatas, et al (2020) have evaluated the psychometric properties of the CSS and showed that the CSS replicated the original four-factor structure with good validity and reliability.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…The pandemic may contribute to psychopathology including COVID stress syndrome in patients with anxiety-related disorders (Asmundson et al, 2020;Khosravani, Aardema, et al, 2021;Khosravani, Asmundson, et al, 2021). Indeed, COVID-19 and its anxiety symptoms increase phobic reactions (Arpaci, Karatas, et al, 2020;Arpaci, Karataş, & Baloğlu, 2020), phobic anxiety (Fernández et al, 2020), andcoronaphobia (Mora-Magaña et al, 2020;Toprak Celenay et al, 2020) that are thought to result in anxiety-related disorders or conditions (Lee et al, 2020). So, patients with anxiety disorders are more likely to experience coronaphobia (Asmundson et al, 2020).…”

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The Persian Version of the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (Persian-C19P-S) and the Differences in COVID-19-Related Phobic Reactions in Patients with Anxiety Disorders

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Khosravani

Bastan

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Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic outbreak increasing several psychological distress, such as anxiety and phobia, and may affect patients with anxiety disorders. A scale has been recently designed to assess COVID-19-related phobic reactions named the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S). The present study aimed to evaluate factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Persian version of the C19P-S (Persian-C19P-S) in patients with anxiety disorders and to compare COVID-19-related phobia among these patients. Three hundred patients with anxiety disorders completed the Persian-C19P-S and other scales assessing anxiety traits (e.g., the Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI), the Health Concerns Questionnaire-54 (HCQ-54), and the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4)) and COVID-19-related distress (e.g., the COVID Stress Scales (CSS) and the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19)). The results showed that the Persian-C19P-S replicated the four-factor structure of the original C19P-S. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability coefficients evidenced the reliability of the scale. The validity of the scale (convergent and discriminant validity) was confirmed. Patients who had generalized anxiety and panic disorders showed higher phobic reactions related to COVID-19 than those with social anxiety disorder and specific phobia. This study indicates that the Persian version of the C19P-S is a valid scale to be used in Iranian patients with anxiety disorders to evaluate COVID-19-related phobia. Moreover, COVID-19-related phobic reactions are higher in some specific types of anxiety disorders.

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“…However, Yildirim and Guler [33] found that COVID-19 perceived risk increases death distress and reduces happiness. Arpaci and colleagues [34] found a significant positive correlation between coronaphobia and state anxiety. Additionally, Arpaci and colleagues [35] found that people were afraid of being infected, and those who got infected were afraid of death.…”

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Portuguese Version of COVID-19 Perceived Risk Scale and COVID-19 Phobia Scale: Psychometric Properties

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Vidal

Sousa

et al. 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic scenario has a psychological impact on individuals and society. A higher level of perceived risk concerning COVID-19 has been found when compared to other potential health threats. A misperception of risk in contrast with the real risk may lead people to develop disruptive cognitive, affective, or behavioral responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, namely, coronaphobia. Validated instruments are needed to evaluate such responses. This work aims to validate the COVID-19 Perceived Risk Scale (C19PRS) and the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19PS) in the Portuguese population. The two scales were translated from English to Portuguese using the back-translation technique. The cultural adaptation was framed in the context of establishing the validity and reliability of the instruments. In two studies, C19PRS and C19PS were validated for the adult Portuguese population (N = 1122; women = 725 (64.6%); mean age of 31.91 years old) through exploratory factorial analysis, followed by a confirmatory factorial analysis. Convergent validity was calculated by composite reliability (CR) and average variance extracted (AVE) values. Discriminant validity was assessed by square roots of the AVE values and their comparison with the C19PRS and C19PS dimensions’ cross-correlations. Both C19PRS and C19PS present a good adjustment model and solid reliability and validity and have significant correlations with fear of COVID-19 and COVID-19 anxiety scales.

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COVID-19 Phobia in the United States: Validation of the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-SE)

Cited by 50 publications

References 28 publications

Impact of Corona-Phobia on Attitudes and Acceptance Towards COVID-19 Vaccine Among Cancer Patients: a Single-Center Study

Impact of Corona-Phobia on Attitudes and Acceptance Towards COVID-19 Vaccine Among Cancer Patients: a Single-Center Study

The Persian Version of the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (Persian-C19P-S) and the Differences in COVID-19-Related Phobic Reactions in Patients with Anxiety Disorders

Portuguese Version of COVID-19 Perceived Risk Scale and COVID-19 Phobia Scale: Psychometric Properties

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