Fear among Syrians: a Proposed Cutoff Score for the Arabic Fear of COVID19 Scale
Fatema Mohsen
Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
Received Date: 2022-04-18 | Accepted Date: 2022-04-22 | Published Date: 2022-04-27Fatema Mohsen
Faculty of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria
Received: April 18, 2022 | Accepted: April 22, 2022 | Published: April 27, 2022
Abstract
COVID-19 pandemic has led to psychological health issues one of which is fear. This study validates the Arabic version of the fear of COVID-19 scale and suggests a new cutoff score to measure fear of COVID-19 among the Syrian Population. A total of 3989 participants filled an online survey consisting of socio-demographic information, the fear of COVID-19 scale, the patient health questionnaire 9- item, and the generalized anxiety disorder 7-item. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was used to define cutoff scores for the fear of COVID-19 scale in relation to generalized anxiety disorder 7-item and the patient health questionnaire 9-item.
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