AUTHOR=Morgado-Toscano Cristina , Allande-Cussó Regina , Fagundo-Rivera Javier , Navarro-Abal Yolanda , Climent-Rodríguez Jose Antonio , Gómez-Salgado Juan 

TITLE=Adaptation and initial psychometric study of the anxiety and fear of COVID-19 scale in the United Kingdom population

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1071146

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1071146

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=Objective: The aim of the study was the initial psychometric study to validate the Anxiety
and Fear of COVID-19 (AMICO) Assessment Scale in the general population of the UK
population.
Materials and Methods:  A descriptive, cross-sectional, psychometric validation and
descriptive study was conducted, performing univariate and bivariate analyses, as well as
exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.
Results: The sample was 658 people living in the United Kingdom over 16 years. Of the
total, 80.5% were female, with a mean age of 48.25 years (SD =14.861). A mean score
for the AMICO scale of 4.85 (SD= 2.398) was obtained, with a range of scores from 1 to
10. The study of percentiles and quartiles allowed for the identification of three proposed
levels of anxiety.
Conclusions: The AMICO_UK scale is reliable to measure the presence of anxiety and
fear related to the COVID-19 disease in the UK population. The majority of the UK
population presented low levels of anxiety and fear at the time the scale was administered.