"Coronaphobia" in Paraguay: Spanish Validation of the COVID-19 Phobia Scale.

Authors :: Torales J
Ríos-González C
O'Higgins M
Almirón-Santacruz J
García O
Castaldelli-Maia JM
Ventriglio A
Barrios I
Source :: Psychiatria Danubina [Psychiatr Danub] 2022 Spring; Vol. 34 (1), pp. 126-132.
Publication Year :: 2022
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.<br />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.<br />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 χ <superscript>2</superscript> =351.67, df=164, p>0.05; RMSEA=0.033; SRMSR=0.042; CFI=0.995, NFI=0.990).<br />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).