TY - JOUR AU - Juan González-Rivera AU - Adam Rosario-Rodríguez AU - Andrés Cruz-Santos PY - 2020/10/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: A New Instrument to Measure Anxiety Symptoms Associated with COVID-19 JF - Interacciones JA - Interacciones VL - 6 IS - 3 SE - Original paper DO - 10.24016/2020.v6n3.163 UR - https://revistainteracciones.com/index.php/rin/article/view/163 AB - Background: The purpose of this study was to adapt and validate the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in a sample of Hispanic residents in Puerto Rico. This instrument is a brief mental health screening to identify anxiety symptoms associated with COVID-19. Method: An availability sampling and a sample of 327 Spanish-speaking participants were used. Results: Psychometric analyses confirmed that the scale has a one-dimensional structure and solid reliability (Ω = .93) and validity. The five items met fair discrimination values, demonstrating that the instrument can distinguish between people with anxiety symptoms associated with COVID-19 and those without symptoms. According to the analyses performed, the cut-off points to identify significant symptoms of coronavirus anxiety was ≥ 10. The prevalence of significant symptoms of coronavirus anxiety was 15.29% (n = 50). Conclusions: These results support the scale as a useful and valid tool for clinical research and practice. ER -