Anxiety and fear related to coronavirus disease 2019 assessment in the Spanish population: A cross-sectional study
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Anxiety Coronavirus disease 2019 Public health Stress Fear Questionnaire Surveys
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2021-08-26Referencia bibliográfica
Allande-Cussó, R... [et al.] (2021). Anxiety and fear related to coronavirus disease 2019 assessment in the Spanish population: A cross-sectional study. Science Progress. [https://doi.org/10.1177/00368504211038191]
Abstract
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has affected millions of people worldwide,
compromising the responsiveness of governments and states and thus generating anxiety and fear
at the population level.
Objective: To assess the level of anxiety and fear of coronavirus disease 2019 in a Spanish adult
population group.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study, using the anxiety and fear of COVID-19 assessment
scale (AMICO, for its acronym in Spanish). The sample was composed of 1038 subjects. Univariate and bivariate statistical analyses were performed, after analysis of normality in the data distribution.
Categorical regression analyses were also executed.
Findings: The total sample size was 1036 subjects, 56.3% was made up of females, with a mean
age of 48.11 years (SD=15.13). The mean score obtained on the AMICO scale was 5.54 points
(SD=1.83), with a score range between 1.22 and 10. Bivariate analysis only demonstrated statistically
significant differences in the mean score of the scale and the variables: sex, marital status,
work area and academic level. The executed categorical regression analysis revealed an R2 value of
0.75 and a significance of p=0.00.
Conclusions: The results obtained show that the Spanish population presents moderate anxiety
levels to coronavirus disease 2019. Women, married, with primary and/or secondary education
level, and working in the public transport, services and/or hospitality sectors are more likely to
have high levels of fear and anxiety.
Application to Practice: These results could be used for therapeutic and preventive psychological
interventions, and also to plan new research under sex perspective and observing the
socio-economic environment.