Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the fear of COVID-19 scale in Peruvian medical students

Death Stud. 2022;46(9):2273-2279. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2021.1899340. Epub 2021 Mar 23.

Abstract

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to produce significant emotional consequences at the individual, community, societal, and global levels. This study describes the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) in Peruvian medical students. Data were collected by a convenience sampling method, resulting in a total of 1238 medical students from different medical schools in Peru. Our analyses suggest that a two-factor model explains the underlying two-dimensional structure of the FCV-19S. The results indicated that the Spanish version of the FCV-19S scale was found to have adequate psychometric properties.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Fear / psychology
  • Humans
  • Peru
  • Psychometrics / methods
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Students, Medical*