AUTHOR=Morgado-Toscano Cristina , Allande-Cussó Regina , Fagundo-Rivera Javier , Navarro-Abal Yolanda , Climent-Rodríguez Jose Antonio , Gómez-Salgado Juan 

TITLE=Adaptation and initial psychometric study of the anxiety and fear of COVID-19 scale in the United Kingdom population

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=14

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1071146

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1071146

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Objective</title><p>The aim of the study was the initial psychometric study to validate the anxiety and fear of COVID-19 (AMICO) assessment scale in the general population of the United Kingdom population.</p></sec><sec><title>Materials and methods</title><p>A descriptive, cross-sectional, psychometric validation and descriptive study was conducted, performing univariate and bivariate analyses, as well as exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>The sample was 658 people living in the United Kingdom over 16 years. Of the total, 80.5% were female, with a mean age of 48.25 years (SD = 14.861). A mean score for the AMICO scale of 4.85 (SD = 2.398) was obtained, with a range of scores from 1 to 10. The study of percentiles and quartiles allowed for the identification of three proposed levels of anxiety.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>The AMICO_UK scale is reliable to measure the presence of anxiety and fear related to the COVID-19 disease in the United Kingdom population. The majority of the United Kingdom population presented low levels of anxiety and fear at the time the scale was administered.</p></sec>