ArticleBrain and behavior2021
A multi-centric study on validation of the Fear Scale for COVID-19 in five Arabic speaking countries.
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- COVID-19-related fear and anxiety in a sample of patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in Iran after several peaks of the pandemic.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2024Article
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- Psychometric Evaluation of a Fear of COVID-19 Scale in China: Cross-sectional Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- A multi-centric study on validation of the Fear Scale for COVID-19 in five Arabic speaking countries.Brain and behavior · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Eight-item Fear Scale is a unidimensional scale evaluating the perceived feelings of fear associated with the thought of the coronavirus.
aimThe Arabic version of this scale did not exist; hence, this study aimed to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Fear Scale in participants aged 18 years and above in five Arabic countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan by using a cross-sectional survey design.
methodThe English version of the COVID-19 Fear Scale was translated into Arabic following the guidelines and disseminated through social media. Factorial and convergent validity and internal reliability were evaluated.
resultsThe total number of participants was 2783; the majority was young (41.9%) and female (60.5%). Fear scores were moderate in four countries and severe in Egypt. The scale showed good structural validity, with the items explaining up to 70% of the variance. The scale items correlated significantly with the total scores, and the Cronbach alpha was above 0.9.
conclusionThe study concluded that the Arabic Fear Scale is a psychometrically robust scale that can be used to evaluate the perceived feelings of fear with the thought of the coronavirus or pandemic in general.
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