Development of the COVID-19-Anxiety Questionnaire and first psychometric testing

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may cause psychological distress in the general population and has the potential to cause anxiety regarding COVID-19. No validated questionnaires exist for the measurement of specific COVID-19 anxiety. We modified the DSM 5 – Severity Measure for Spec...

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Autores principales: Petzold, Moritz Bruno, Bendau, Antonia, Plag, Jens, Pyrkosch, Lena, Maricic, Lea Mascarell, Rogoll, Janina, Betzler, Felix, Große, Julia, Ströhle, Andreas
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7453355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32812525
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2020.82
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author Petzold, Moritz Bruno
Bendau, Antonia
Plag, Jens
Pyrkosch, Lena
Maricic, Lea Mascarell
Rogoll, Janina
Betzler, Felix
Große, Julia
Ströhle, Andreas
author_facet Petzold, Moritz Bruno
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description The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may cause psychological distress in the general population and has the potential to cause anxiety regarding COVID-19. No validated questionnaires exist for the measurement of specific COVID-19 anxiety. We modified the DSM 5 – Severity Measure for Specific Phobia–Adult scale specifically for anxiety regarding COVID-19, and report the psychometric properties from an online study with 6262 participants from the general population in Germany. We analysed internal consistency as well as concordant validity. The scale showed good internal consistency (α = 0.86) and good concordant validity (r(s) = 0.60) with the 2-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder measure and r(s) = 0.61 with self-rating of limitations in daily life caused by COVID-19 anxiety.
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spelling pubmed-74533552020-08-31 Development of the COVID-19-Anxiety Questionnaire and first psychometric testing Petzold, Moritz Bruno Bendau, Antonia Plag, Jens Pyrkosch, Lena Maricic, Lea Mascarell Rogoll, Janina Betzler, Felix Große, Julia Ströhle, Andreas BJPsych Open Short Report The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may cause psychological distress in the general population and has the potential to cause anxiety regarding COVID-19. No validated questionnaires exist for the measurement of specific COVID-19 anxiety. We modified the DSM 5 – Severity Measure for Specific Phobia–Adult scale specifically for anxiety regarding COVID-19, and report the psychometric properties from an online study with 6262 participants from the general population in Germany. We analysed internal consistency as well as concordant validity. The scale showed good internal consistency (α = 0.86) and good concordant validity (r(s) = 0.60) with the 2-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder measure and r(s) = 0.61 with self-rating of limitations in daily life caused by COVID-19 anxiety. Cambridge University Press 2020-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7453355/ /pubmed/32812525 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2020.82 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the same Creative Commons licence is included and the original work is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use.
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Große, Julia
Ströhle, Andreas
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