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Factorial Validity of the Arabic Version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Items (SAVE-6) Scale among the General Population in Lebanon
This study explored the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 items (SAVE-6) scale for assessing people's anxiety in response to the viral epidemic in Lebanon. The 406 participants responded voluntarily to the online survey that included th...
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The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8239423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34184434 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e168 |
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author | Hong, Youjin Yoo, Soyoung Mreydem, Hussein Walid Abou Ali, Bayan Tarek Saleh, Nada Omar Hammoudi, Sajida Fawaz Lee, Joohee Suh, Sooyeon Chung, Seockhoon |
author_facet | Hong, Youjin Yoo, Soyoung Mreydem, Hussein Walid Abou Ali, Bayan Tarek Saleh, Nada Omar Hammoudi, Sajida Fawaz Lee, Joohee Suh, Sooyeon Chung, Seockhoon |
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description | This study explored the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 items (SAVE-6) scale for assessing people's anxiety in response to the viral epidemic in Lebanon. The 406 participants responded voluntarily to the online survey that included the SAVE-6, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) tools. The single-structure SAVE-6 model showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.773). The SAVE-6 scale also showed good convergent validity with the GAD-7 (Spearman's ρ = 0.42, P < 0.001) and PHQ-9 (ρ = 0.38, P < 0.001). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis revealed an Arabic SAVE-6 cut-off score of 12 points (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.753; sensitivity = 62.74%; specificity = 78.26%) for an at least mild degree of anxiety (GAD-7 score ≥ 5). The Arabic version of the SAVE-6 was a reliable, valid, and solely usable scale for measuring the anxiety response of the general population to the viral epidemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-82394232021-07-06 Factorial Validity of the Arabic Version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Items (SAVE-6) Scale among the General Population in Lebanon Hong, Youjin Yoo, Soyoung Mreydem, Hussein Walid Abou Ali, Bayan Tarek Saleh, Nada Omar Hammoudi, Sajida Fawaz Lee, Joohee Suh, Sooyeon Chung, Seockhoon J Korean Med Sci Brief Communication This study explored the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 items (SAVE-6) scale for assessing people's anxiety in response to the viral epidemic in Lebanon. The 406 participants responded voluntarily to the online survey that included the SAVE-6, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) tools. The single-structure SAVE-6 model showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.773). The SAVE-6 scale also showed good convergent validity with the GAD-7 (Spearman's ρ = 0.42, P < 0.001) and PHQ-9 (ρ = 0.38, P < 0.001). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis revealed an Arabic SAVE-6 cut-off score of 12 points (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.753; sensitivity = 62.74%; specificity = 78.26%) for an at least mild degree of anxiety (GAD-7 score ≥ 5). The Arabic version of the SAVE-6 was a reliable, valid, and solely usable scale for measuring the anxiety response of the general population to the viral epidemic. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2021-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8239423/ /pubmed/34184434 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e168 Text en © 2021 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Brief Communication Hong, Youjin Yoo, Soyoung Mreydem, Hussein Walid Abou Ali, Bayan Tarek Saleh, Nada Omar Hammoudi, Sajida Fawaz Lee, Joohee Suh, Sooyeon Chung, Seockhoon Factorial Validity of the Arabic Version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Items (SAVE-6) Scale among the General Population in Lebanon |
title | Factorial Validity of the Arabic Version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Items (SAVE-6) Scale among the General Population in Lebanon |
title_full | Factorial Validity of the Arabic Version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Items (SAVE-6) Scale among the General Population in Lebanon |
title_fullStr | Factorial Validity of the Arabic Version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Items (SAVE-6) Scale among the General Population in Lebanon |
title_full_unstemmed | Factorial Validity of the Arabic Version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Items (SAVE-6) Scale among the General Population in Lebanon |
title_short | Factorial Validity of the Arabic Version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Items (SAVE-6) Scale among the General Population in Lebanon |
title_sort | factorial validity of the arabic version of the stress and anxiety to viral epidemics-6 items (save-6) scale among the general population in lebanon |
topic | Brief Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8239423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34184434 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e168 |
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