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Psychometric evaluation of Korean version of COVID-19 fear scale

PloS one, 2023-03, Vol.18 (3), p.e0282589 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2023 Public Library of Science ;ISSN: 1932-6203 ;EISSN: 1932-6203 ;DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282589

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  • Title:
    Psychometric evaluation of Korean version of COVID-19 fear scale
  • Author: Lee, Jung Jae ; Choi, Hye Ri ; Choi, Edmond Pui-Hang ; Ho, Mu-Hsing ; Fong, Daniel Y. T ; Lok, Kris Yuet Wan ; Ho, Mandy ; Lin, Chia-Chin
  • Subjects: Fear ; Health aspects
  • Is Part Of: PloS one, 2023-03, Vol.18 (3), p.e0282589
  • Description: COVID-19-related fear negatively affects the public's psychological well-being and health behaviours. Although psychological distress including depression and anxiety under COVID-19 is well-established in literature, research scarcely evaluated the fear of COVID-19 with a large sample using validated scale. This study aimed to validate a Korean version of fear scale(K-FS-8) using an existing fear scale(Breast Cancer Fear Scale; 8 items) and to measure the fear of COVID-19 in South Korea. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted with 2235 Korean adults from August to September 2020. The Breast Cancer Fear Scale was translated from English into Korean using forward-backward translation, and then face validity was assessed. Patient Health Questionnaire-4 and Primary Care Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Screen for DSM-5 were used for assessing convergent validity of K-FS-8, and item response theory analysis was also conducted to further validate the K-FS-8. This study confirmed the validity and reliability of the K-FS-8. The validity of the scale was confirmed by convergent validity, known-group validity and item response theory analysis, and internal consistency was also examined(Cronbach's [alpha] coefficient = 0.92). This study also identified that 84.6% participants had high COVID-19 fear; whilst 26.3%, 23.2% and 13.4% participants had high risk of post-traumatic stress disorder, depressive and anxiety symptoms, respectively. The K-FS-8 showed the acceptability measuring the fear of COVID-19 in the Korean population. The K-FS-8 can be applied to screen for fear of COVID-19 and related major public health crises identifying individuals with high levels of fear in primary care settings who will benefit from psychological support.
  • Publisher: Public Library of Science
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1932-6203
    EISSN: 1932-6203
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282589
  • Source: Public Library of Science (PLoS) Journals Open Access
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    PubMed Central
    ProQuest Central
    DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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