TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 contagion concern scale (PRE-COVID-19)
T2 - Validation in Cuban patients with type 2 diabetes
AU - Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás
AU - Vilca, Lindsey W.
AU - Corrales-Reyes, Ibraín Enrique
AU - Hernández-García, Frank
AU - Pérez, Antonio Pupo
AU - Quintana, Patricia González
AU - Pérez García, Enrique Rolando
AU - Lazo Herrera, Luis Alberto
AU - White, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Diabetes India
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Aims: It is important to have valid and reliable measures to determine the psychological impact of COVID-19 in patients with diabetes; however, few instruments have been developed and validated for this population. Therefore, the aim of this study was to validate the Scale of Worry for Contagion of COVID-19 (PRE-COVID-19) in a sample of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Materials and methods: A total of 219 patients (66.2% female, mean age 58.5 SD = 18.2) participated, selected through non-probabilistic sampling. The PRE-COVID-19 and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-2 were applied. Reliability analysis was performed for internal consistency, structural equation modeling and item response theory modeling. Results: The results show that a unidimensional 5-item model presents satisfactory goodness-of-fit indices and excellent reliability values. Likewise, convergent validity between the PRE-COVID-19 and a measure of anxiety is evident. All items present adequate discrimination parameters, allowing for discerning between those patients with critical concern about COVID-19 contagion from those with severe concern. Conclusion: It is concluded that the PRE-COVID-19 is an instrument with adequate psychometric properties to measure concern about COVID-19 infection and the emotional impact in patients with DM.
AB - Aims: It is important to have valid and reliable measures to determine the psychological impact of COVID-19 in patients with diabetes; however, few instruments have been developed and validated for this population. Therefore, the aim of this study was to validate the Scale of Worry for Contagion of COVID-19 (PRE-COVID-19) in a sample of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Materials and methods: A total of 219 patients (66.2% female, mean age 58.5 SD = 18.2) participated, selected through non-probabilistic sampling. The PRE-COVID-19 and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-2 were applied. Reliability analysis was performed for internal consistency, structural equation modeling and item response theory modeling. Results: The results show that a unidimensional 5-item model presents satisfactory goodness-of-fit indices and excellent reliability values. Likewise, convergent validity between the PRE-COVID-19 and a measure of anxiety is evident. All items present adequate discrimination parameters, allowing for discerning between those patients with critical concern about COVID-19 contagion from those with severe concern. Conclusion: It is concluded that the PRE-COVID-19 is an instrument with adequate psychometric properties to measure concern about COVID-19 infection and the emotional impact in patients with DM.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Cuba
KW - Diabetes mellitus
KW - Worry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85112785063&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.dsx.2021.102245
DO - 10.1016/j.dsx.2021.102245
M3 - Article
C2 - 34416467
AN - SCOPUS:85112785063
SN - 1871-4021
VL - 15
JO - Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews
JF - Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews
IS - 5
M1 - 102245
ER -
