Perceived fear of COVID-19 infection according to sex, age and occupational risk using the Brazilian version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale

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Fecha

2022-01-01

Registro en:

Death Studies, v. 46, n. 3, p. 533-542, 2022.

1091-7683

0748-1187

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/221540

10.1080/07481187.2020.1809786

2-s2.0-85089917941

https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/5401669

Autor

Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)

Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA)

Universidade Estatual Paulista

Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)

Institución

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brasil)

Resumen

We investigated the fear of COVID-19 infection after proper translation and cultural adaptation of the “Fear of COVID-19 Scale” to the Brazilian Portuguese language. A sample of 1,743 Brazilian participants were included. The scale showed excellent psychometric characteristics. Women showed higher anxiety levels. Fear of COVID-19 scores were lower in males with occupational risk of contamination. On the other hand, women and younger individuals showed higher fear of COVID-19 infection scores. The Brazilian Fear of COVID-19 Scale proved to be a reliable tool with excellent psychometric properties for identifying fear of COVID-19 infection in the Brazilian population.

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