Measuring anxiety related to COVID-19: Factor analysis and psychometric properties of the Arabic Coronavirus Anxiety Scale

Vally, Zahir; Alowais, Aisha

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0260355

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“…The internal consistency of the CAS' total scores (Cronbach's alpha = 0.95, McDonald's omega = 0.95, Spearman-Brown coefficient = 0.94) showed satisfactory internal consistency, parallel to those reported in the prior psychometric studies (Lee, 2020;Lieven, 2021;Vally and Alowais, 2021). The convergent and concurrent validity were conducted in this study.…”

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Assessing anxiety during the COVID-19 delta epidemic: Validation of the Chinese coronavirus anxiety scale

Lian

Xia

2022

Front. Psychol.

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The study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the coronavirus anxiety scale (CAS) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) delta epidemic. A total of 2,116 participants on the Chinese mainland completed the online survey. We employed exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to investigate the factor structure. The findings showed that the one-factor model of the CAS Chinese version fitted perfectly with the data. The multigroup CFAs showed the measurement invariance across gender and age groups (18–29 and 30–68). We also examined the CAS’s internal consistency and convergent and concurrent validity. The results demonstrated that the one-factor model had good reliability and convergent and concurrent validity. Overall, according to our findings, the CAS Chinese version was reliable for measuring coronavirus anxiety during the COVID-19 delta outbreak.

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Assessing anxiety during the COVID-19 delta epidemic: Validation of the Chinese coronavirus anxiety scale

Lian

Xia

2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…It can be used to identify probable cases of dysfunctional anxiety associated with the coronavirus. Currently, the CAS is translated into Portuguese ( 78 ), Korean ( 79 ), Bangla ( 80 ), Arabic ( 81 ), Turkish ( 82 ), Japanese ( 83 ), Cuban ( 84 ), Polish ( 85 ), Spanish ( 86 ), Chinese ( 87 ), and Brazilian ( 88 ).…”

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A social network analysis: mental health scales used during the COVID-19 pandemic

Chen,

Lan,

2023

Front. Psychiatry

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IntroductionThe focus on psychological issues during COVID-19 has led to the development of large surveys that involve the use of mental health scales. Numerous mental health measurements are available; choosing the appropriate measurement is crucial.MethodsA rule-based named entity recognition was used to recognize entities of mental health scales that occur in the articles from PubMed. The co-occurrence networks of mental health scales and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms were constructed by Gephi.ResultsFive types of MeSH terms were filtered, including research objects, research topics, research methods, countries/regions, and factors. Seventy-eight mental health scales were discovered.DiscussionThe findings provide insights on the scales used most often during the pandemic, the key instruments used to measure healthcare workers’ physical and mental health, the scales most often utilized for assessing maternal mental health, the tools used most commonly for assessing older adults’ psychological resilience and loneliness, and new COVID-19 mental health scales. Future studies may use these findings as a guiding reference and compass.

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“…The scale has been found to be a highly valid and reliable [ 31 , 32 ]. The scale was previously translated to the Arabic language by Vally and Alowais [ 33 ]. In the present study, the translated scale also demonstrated high internal consistency, with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.92.…”

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COVID-19 Fear and Anxiety among Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: A Cross Sectional Study

Alkouri

Khader²,

Hweidi³

et al. 2022

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Although the current management of COVID-19 is mainly focused on efficacious vaccine and infection control, the most common psychological reactions (such as fear and anxiety) associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have not been investigated and even neglected in patients with heart failure who are at greater risk for morbidity and mortality. We assessed COVID-19 related fear and anxiety among patients with heart failure and determined their associated factors. A cross sectional survey was conducted among 300 consecutive patients with heart failure during the period of March 2021–June 2021. Almost 50.7% of patients had fear of COVID-19 and 36.3% had coronavirus anxiety. Age > 55 was significantly associated with increased odds of fear (OR = 2.6) and anxiety (OR = 4.3). Patients with angina were more likely to have fear (OR = 3.0) and anxiety (OR = 2.2) and patients with chronic lung disease were more likely to have fear (OR = 3.0) and anxiety (OR = 3.3). Increased age, having angina, and having chronic lung disease were associated with increased odds of fear of COVID-19 and coronavirus anxiety. Psychological support needs to be integrated in patient care with special attention to physiological risk factors that are associated with COVID-19 comorbidities.

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Measuring anxiety related to COVID-19: Factor analysis and psychometric properties of the Arabic Coronavirus Anxiety Scale

Cited by 14 publications

References 37 publications

Assessing anxiety during the COVID-19 delta epidemic: Validation of the Chinese coronavirus anxiety scale

Assessing anxiety during the COVID-19 delta epidemic: Validation of the Chinese coronavirus anxiety scale

A social network analysis: mental health scales used during the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 Fear and Anxiety among Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: A Cross Sectional Study

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