The Psychometric Properties of the French–Canadian Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Scale for Measuring the Viral Anxiety of the General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the psychometric properties of the French–Canadian version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 items (SAVE-6) scale for assessing the anxiety response to the viral epidemic among the general population in Quebec, Canada. METHODS: A total of 590 participants...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9008890/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35432024 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.807312 |
_version_ | 1784687161743769600 |
---|---|
author | Park, C. Hyung Keun Ahmed, Oli Lee, Sangha Suh, Sooyeon Chung, Seockhoon Gouin, Jean-Philippe |
author_facet | Park, C. Hyung Keun Ahmed, Oli Lee, Sangha Suh, Sooyeon Chung, Seockhoon Gouin, Jean-Philippe |
author_sort | Park, C. Hyung Keun |
collection | PubMed |
description | OBJECTIVE: This study examined the psychometric properties of the French–Canadian version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 items (SAVE-6) scale for assessing the anxiety response to the viral epidemic among the general population in Quebec, Canada. METHODS: A total of 590 participants responded to a confidential online survey between September 28 and October 18, 2020. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted to explore the factor structure of the scale. Psychometric properties were assessed using the Item Response Theory (IRT) approach. To explore the convergent validity, a Pearson correlation analysis between the SAVE-6 scale and the depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-2, PHQ-2) or anxiety subscale (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2, GAD-2) of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 items scale was conducted. FINDINGS: The French–Canadian version of the SAVE-6 scale was clustered into a single factor. The CFA of the SAVE-6 scale showed a good model fit (CFI = 0.985, TLI = 0.976, RMSEA = 0.051, RSMR = 0.048), and the multi-group CFA revealed that the SAVE-6 scale can measure anxiety response in the same way across gender or the presence of elevated depressive and anxiety symptoms. It showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.76, McDonald's Omega = 0.77) and significant correlation with the PHQ-2 score and GAD-2 score. The IRT model suggested the efficiency in discrimination among individuals in this latent trait. CONCLUSION: The French–Canadian version of the SAVE-6 scale is a valid and reliable rating scale, which can measure the general population's anxiety response to the viral epidemic. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-9008890 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-90088902022-04-15 The Psychometric Properties of the French–Canadian Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Scale for Measuring the Viral Anxiety of the General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic Park, C. Hyung Keun Ahmed, Oli Lee, Sangha Suh, Sooyeon Chung, Seockhoon Gouin, Jean-Philippe Front Psychiatry Psychiatry OBJECTIVE: This study examined the psychometric properties of the French–Canadian version of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 items (SAVE-6) scale for assessing the anxiety response to the viral epidemic among the general population in Quebec, Canada. METHODS: A total of 590 participants responded to a confidential online survey between September 28 and October 18, 2020. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted to explore the factor structure of the scale. Psychometric properties were assessed using the Item Response Theory (IRT) approach. To explore the convergent validity, a Pearson correlation analysis between the SAVE-6 scale and the depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-2, PHQ-2) or anxiety subscale (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2, GAD-2) of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 items scale was conducted. FINDINGS: The French–Canadian version of the SAVE-6 scale was clustered into a single factor. The CFA of the SAVE-6 scale showed a good model fit (CFI = 0.985, TLI = 0.976, RMSEA = 0.051, RSMR = 0.048), and the multi-group CFA revealed that the SAVE-6 scale can measure anxiety response in the same way across gender or the presence of elevated depressive and anxiety symptoms. It showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.76, McDonald's Omega = 0.77) and significant correlation with the PHQ-2 score and GAD-2 score. The IRT model suggested the efficiency in discrimination among individuals in this latent trait. CONCLUSION: The French–Canadian version of the SAVE-6 scale is a valid and reliable rating scale, which can measure the general population's anxiety response to the viral epidemic. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9008890/ /pubmed/35432024 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.807312 Text en Copyright © 2022 Park, Ahmed, Lee, Suh, Chung and Gouin. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Park, C. Hyung Keun Ahmed, Oli Lee, Sangha Suh, Sooyeon Chung, Seockhoon Gouin, Jean-Philippe The Psychometric Properties of the French–Canadian Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Scale for Measuring the Viral Anxiety of the General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | The Psychometric Properties of the French–Canadian Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Scale for Measuring the Viral Anxiety of the General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | The Psychometric Properties of the French–Canadian Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Scale for Measuring the Viral Anxiety of the General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | The Psychometric Properties of the French–Canadian Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Scale for Measuring the Viral Anxiety of the General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | The Psychometric Properties of the French–Canadian Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Scale for Measuring the Viral Anxiety of the General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | The Psychometric Properties of the French–Canadian Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-6 Scale for Measuring the Viral Anxiety of the General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | psychometric properties of the french–canadian stress and anxiety to viral epidemics-6 scale for measuring the viral anxiety of the general population during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9008890/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35432024 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.807312 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT parkchyungkeun thepsychometricpropertiesofthefrenchcanadianstressandanxietytoviralepidemics6scaleformeasuringtheviralanxietyofthegeneralpopulationduringthecovid19pandemic AT ahmedoli thepsychometricpropertiesofthefrenchcanadianstressandanxietytoviralepidemics6scaleformeasuringtheviralanxietyofthegeneralpopulationduringthecovid19pandemic AT leesangha thepsychometricpropertiesofthefrenchcanadianstressandanxietytoviralepidemics6scaleformeasuringtheviralanxietyofthegeneralpopulationduringthecovid19pandemic AT suhsooyeon thepsychometricpropertiesofthefrenchcanadianstressandanxietytoviralepidemics6scaleformeasuringtheviralanxietyofthegeneralpopulationduringthecovid19pandemic AT chungseockhoon thepsychometricpropertiesofthefrenchcanadianstressandanxietytoviralepidemics6scaleformeasuringtheviralanxietyofthegeneralpopulationduringthecovid19pandemic AT gouinjeanphilippe thepsychometricpropertiesofthefrenchcanadianstressandanxietytoviralepidemics6scaleformeasuringtheviralanxietyofthegeneralpopulationduringthecovid19pandemic AT parkchyungkeun psychometricpropertiesofthefrenchcanadianstressandanxietytoviralepidemics6scaleformeasuringtheviralanxietyofthegeneralpopulationduringthecovid19pandemic AT ahmedoli psychometricpropertiesofthefrenchcanadianstressandanxietytoviralepidemics6scaleformeasuringtheviralanxietyofthegeneralpopulationduringthecovid19pandemic AT leesangha psychometricpropertiesofthefrenchcanadianstressandanxietytoviralepidemics6scaleformeasuringtheviralanxietyofthegeneralpopulationduringthecovid19pandemic AT suhsooyeon psychometricpropertiesofthefrenchcanadianstressandanxietytoviralepidemics6scaleformeasuringtheviralanxietyofthegeneralpopulationduringthecovid19pandemic AT chungseockhoon psychometricpropertiesofthefrenchcanadianstressandanxietytoviralepidemics6scaleformeasuringtheviralanxietyofthegeneralpopulationduringthecovid19pandemic AT gouinjeanphilippe psychometricpropertiesofthefrenchcanadianstressandanxietytoviralepidemics6scaleformeasuringtheviralanxietyofthegeneralpopulationduringthecovid19pandemic |