Of the 46, individuals, 26 were males and 20 were females. The mean age was 39.63 years and the number of years in education was 9.38 years. A four-point Likert scale for understanding revealed that all the individuals had a high understanding of the 10 item scale

Some information on the 46 Individuals

- extensive literature review was conducted to assess all general scales on fear. (they had accessed up to 30 different scales. The relevant and possible items were pooled and similar content or expressions were removed
-  an expert panel evaluated the 28 items and deleted 11 items
- a different expert panel reviewed the remaining 17 items and deleted 7 more.
- the 10-item scale was piloted on 46 individuals to obtain initial assessment of the scale

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One of the reasons why little attention is paid on the psychological effect of Covid-19 in the current treatment is the lack of an appropriate psychometric instrument. Therefore, to be able to provide further information to facilitate public health initiatives on allaying public’s fears, a study in Iran developed and validated a scale assessing the fear of coronavirus. The researchers named the scale as the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S)

The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and Initial Validation

Ahorsu, D.K., Lin, C., Imani, V. et al. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and Initial Validation. Int J Ment Health Addiction (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8

Development of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale

Process of Validation for study of the "Fear of COVID-19 Scale"

- Summarization of Results
- How the Scales can Help
- Limitations

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