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01-04-2022 | COVID-19 | Original Article

Mental Health Screening for COVID-19: a Proposed Cutoff Score for the Greek Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S)

Authors: V. A. Nikopoulou, V. Holeva, Eleni Parlapani, P. Karamouzi, P. Voitsidis, G. N. Porfyri, A. Blekas, K. Papigkioti, S. Patsiala, I. Diakogiannis

Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction | Issue 2/2022

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic elicited fear. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) is a newly developed self-reported measure, originally developed in Persian to assess COVID-19-related fear. To date, the scale has been translated and validated in 19 other languages, among which Greek. This study, conducted through an online survey, aimed to further explore the validity of the Greek FCV-19S version, as well as to identify appropriate cutoff scores. A total of 538 respondents completed the sociodemographic data sheet, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale, the Short Health Anxiety Inventory, and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder-8 inventory. According to the results, a cutoff point score of 16.5 or higher revealed a significant predictive power for anxiety, health anxiety, and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Altogether, although the cutoff scores of the Greek FCV-19S version were explored to further evaluate the scale’s validity, they may facilitate discrimination of adults with extreme COVID-19-related fear from those with normal fear reactions.

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Title: Mental Health Screening for COVID-19: a Proposed Cutoff Score for the Greek Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S)
Authors: V. A. Nikopoulou
V. Holeva
Eleni Parlapani
P. Karamouzi
P. Voitsidis
G. N. Porfyri
A. Blekas
K. Papigkioti
S. Patsiala
I. Diakogiannis
Publication date: 01-04-2022
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: COVID-19
Anxiety
Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction / Issue 2/2022
Print ISSN: 1557-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1882
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00414-w

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

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Mental Health Screening for COVID-19: a Proposed Cutoff Score for the Greek Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S)

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At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

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