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Anxiety and fear of COVID-19 in the UK general population: a cross-sectional study

Morgado-Toscano, Cristina; Gómez Salgado, Juan; Fagundo Rivera, Javier; Navarro-Abal, Yolanda; Rodríguez-Jiménez, Lucas; Climent-Rodríguez, José Antonio; Allande Cussó, Regina

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There is still a generalized feeling of uncertainty in the population due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, as restrictions on daily routines and social contact, accompanied by a large number of infections, negatively affect different areas of people’s lives and, therefore, their mental health. The aim of the present study was to assess the presence of anxiety and fear of COVID-19 in the general UK population, using the Anxiety and Fear to COVID-19 Assessment Scale (Ansiedad y Miedo al COVID-19) (AMICO) scale. A descriptive, cross-sectional study based on a questionnaire was conducted in a sample of the UK general population in 2021. Socio-demographic and employment variables were included. The AMICO scale was included to measure fear and anxiety about COVID-19. The relationship between variables was studied with a categorical regression analysis. In general, participants regarded themselves as well-informed about the pandemic, although 62.6% had only received 1 dose of the vaccine. Regarding the AMICO scale the total score was 4.85 (out of 10; standard deviation 2.398). Women showed higher scores for the AMICO than men. The bivariate analysis revealed statistically significant differences in relation to self-confidence, amount of information received, and vaccination variables as related to the mean AMICO scores. An average level of anxiety and fear of COVID-19 is shown in the general UK population, which is lower than most of the studies that assessed the impact of the pandemic on the general population.

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Obse a ional S udy 1 Medicine® Anxie y and ea o COVID-19 in he UK gene al popula ion A c oss-sec ional s udy C is inaMo gado-Toscano, RNa,b, JuanGómez-Salgado, PhDc,d,* , Ja ie Fagundo-Ri e a, PhDe, YolandaNa a o-Abal, PhD , LucasRod íguez-Jiménez, RNg, José An onioClimen -Rod íguez, PhD , ReginaAllande-Cussó, PhDh Abs ac The e is s ill a gene alized eeling o unce ain y in he popula ion due o he co ona i us disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, as es ic ions on daily ou ines and social con ac , accompanied by a la ge numbe o in ec ions, nega i ely a ec di e en a eas o people’s li es and, he e o e, hei men al heal h. The aim o he p esen s udy was o assess he p esence o anxie y and ea o COVID-19 in he gene al UK popula ion, using he Anxie y and Fea o COVID-19 Assessmen Scale (Ansiedad y Miedo al COVID-19) (AMICO) scale. A desc ip i e, c oss-sec ional s udy based on a ques ionnai e was conduc ed in a sample o he UK gene al popula ion in 2021. Socio-demog aphic and employmen a iables we e included. The AMICO scale was included o measu e ea and anxie y abou COVID-19. The ela ionship be ween a iables was s udied wi h a ca ego ical eg ession analysis. In gene al, pa icipan s ega ded hemsel es as well-in o med abou he pandemic, al hough 62.6% had only ecei ed 1 dose o he accine. Rega ding he AMICO scale he o al sco e was 4.85 (ou o 10; s anda d de ia ion 2.398). Women showed highe sco es o he AMICO han men. The bi a ia e analysis e ealed s a is ically signi ican di e ences in ela ion o sel -con idence, amoun o in o ma ion ecei ed, and accina ion a iables as ela ed o he mean AMICO sco es. An a e age le el o anxie y and ea o COVID-19 is shown in he gene al UK popula ion, which is lowe han mos o he s udies ha assessed he impac o he pandemic on he gene al popula ion. Abb e ia ions: AMICO = Anxie y and Fea o Co id-19 Assessmen Scale (Ansiedad y Miedo al COVID-19), COVID-19 = co ona i us disease 2019, EFA = explo a o y ac o analysis, FCV-19 = ea o COVID-19. Keywo ds: anxie y, COVID-19, ea , psychological dis ess, UK 1. In oduc ion In Decembe 2019, he i s case o pneumonia caused by he new o m o co ona i us was de ec ed in Wuhan, China, wi h se e e acu e espi a o y synd ome co ona i us 2 con i med as he causa i e agen on Janua y 7, 2020.[1] The eme gence o his new i us igge ed a con using si ua ion, as i quickly sp ead o o he p o inces and egions o he coun y and subsequen ly wo ldwide and was cha ac e ized by an ex emely high in ec- ion a e and ela i ely high mo ali y.[2] Thus, on Janua y 30, 2020, he Wo ld Heal h O ganiza ion decla ed his disease a “public heal h eme gency o in e na ional conce n.”[3] The UK was one o he i s coun- ies a ec ed in Eu ope, wi h i s i s 2 con i med cases o co ona i us disease 2019 (COVID-19) de ec ed on Janua y 31, 2020.[4] F om his poin onwa ds, cases began o inc ease exponen ially, leading o he decla a ion o a lockdown o he en i e UK popula ion om Ma ch 23, 2020, un il July 31, 2020.[5] Howe e , he UK’s ini ial esponse o he pandemic was slow.[6] Due o he la ge olume o in ec ed people, he e was e en a need o c ea e hospi als wi h he speci ic pu pose o ea ing hese pa ien s, as was he case o he “Nigh ingale Hospi al,” which was buil in London o ecei e up o 4000 The au ho s ha e no unding o disclose. The au ho s ha e no con lic s o in e es o disclose. The da ase s gene a ed du ing and/o analyzed du ing he cu en s udy a e a ailable om he co esponding au ho on easonable eques . Pe mission o conduc his s udy was ob ained om he Na ional Heal h Se ice (NHS) Heal h Resea ch Au ho i y, IRAS p ojec ID 283849, REC e e ence 20/ HRA/3997. This s udy also complied wi h he guidelines se in he Decla a ion o Helsinki ega ding e hical p inciples o medical esea ch in ol ing human subjec s. a Heal h Sciences Doc o a e School, Uni e si y o Huel a, Huel a, Spain, b Heal h Sciences Resea ch Uni : Nu sing, Uni e si y o Coimb a, Coimb a, Po ugal, c Depa men o Sociology, Social Wo k and Public Heal h, Facul y o Labou Sciences, Uni e si y o Huel a, Huel a, Spain, d Sa e y and Heal h Pos g adua e P og amme, Uni e sidad Espí i u San o, Guayaquil, Ecuado , e Cen o Uni e si a io de En e me ía C uz Roja, Uni e si y o Se ille, Se ille, Spain, Facul y o Educa ion Science, Uni e si y o Huel a, Huel a, Spain, g Eme gency Depa men , Royal F ee London NHS Founda ion T us , h Depa men o Nu sing, Uni e si y o Se ille, Se ille, Spain. * Co espondence: Juan Gómez-Salgado, Depa men o Sociology, Social Wo k and Public Heal h, Facul y o Labou Sciences, Uni e si y o Huel a, A enida T es de ma zo, s/n, Huel a 21007, Spain (e-mail: [email p o ec ed]). Copy igh © 2023 he Au ho (s). Published by Wol e s Kluwe Heal h, Inc. This is an open-access a icle dis ibu ed unde he e ms o he C ea i e Commons A ibu ion-Non Comme cial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC), whe e i is pe missible o download, sha e, emix, ans o m, and buildup he wo k p o ided i is p ope ly ci ed. The wo k canno be used comme cially wi hou pe mission om he jou nal. How o ci e his a icle: Mo gado-Toscano C, Gómez-Salgado J, Fagundo-Ri e a J, Na a o-Abal Y, Rod íguez-Jiménez L, Climen -Rod íguez JA, Allande-Cussó R. Anxie y and ea o COVID-19 in he UK gene al popula ion: A c oss-sec ional s udy. Medicine 2023;102:10(e33045). Recei ed: 18 Oc obe 2022 / Recei ed in inal o m: 30 Janua y 2023 / Accep ed: 31 Janua y 2023 h p://dx.doi.o g/10.1097/MD.0000000000033045 Downloaded om h p://jou nals.lww.com/md-jou nal by BhDM 5ePHKa 1zEoum1 Q N4a+kJLhEZgbsIHo4XMi0hCy wCX1AWnYQp/IlQ HD3i3D0OdRyi7T SFl4C 3VC4/OAVpDDa8K2+Ya6H515kE= on 09/27/2023 2 Mo gado-Toscano e al. • Medicine (2023) 102:10 Medicine pa ien s wi h COVID-19.[6] Since hen, up o 6 wa es o in ec- ions ha e occu ed in Eu ope, o cing coun ies such as he UK o ake d as ic measu es o cu b he numbe o in ec ed people. Cu en ly, 11,518,255 cases and 147,723 dea hs ha e been con i med.[7] To add ess his si ua ion, on Decembe 8, 2020, he UK became he i s coun y o ini ia e a COVID-19 accina ion p og am. Ini ially, accina ion was p io i ized o he elde ly o e 80 yea s o age and on line heal hca e wo ke s,[8] each- ing 47,051,876 people who a e cu en ly ully accina ed, ha is, 70.40% o he UK popula ion.[7] Howe e , al hough accina ion has conside ably educed he likelihood o de eloping se e e disease om he i us, i has no p o ed o be an e ec i e measu e o educe he numbe o in ec- ions due o he mul iple mu a ions he i us has unde gone. All his leads o a gene alized eeling o unce ain y in he popula- ion, inc eased by he es ic ions on mobili y and social con ac imposed in all coun ies, hus nega i ely a ec ing di e en a eas o people’s li es and men al heal h.[9] In gene al, he e ec s caused by COVID-19 on he physical and men al heal h o he popula ion ha e been and con inue o be s udied. Apa om he medical consequences o COVID-19, his pandemic has also been cha ac e ized by i s p opaga ion o e ime, hus de ining he e m “co onaphobia” o designa e he long- e m men al illnesses ela ed o he pandemic.[10] This aises he need o enewal and o he de elopmen o ools ha measu e speci ically pandemic- ela ed ea and anx- ie y in he gene al popula ion. One o he i s scales designed o his pu pose was he ea o COVID-19 (FCV-19).[11] The Anxie y and Fea o Co id-19 Assessmen Scale (Ansiedad y Miedo al COVID-19) (AMICO) was designed ollowing he me hodology p oposed by Eps ein e al.[12] Ini ially, i was based on he 10 i ems o he FCV-19 scale, which we e e alu- a ed by a panel o expe s p io o he psychome ic analyses conduc ed o ha s udy.[11] Wi h hese 10 i ems, a ansla- ion/back- ansla ion p ocess was applied and he c oss-cul- u al adap a ion was s udied by a panel o expe s. I was made up o 10 subjec s, namely p o esso s and esea che s om di e en Spanish uni e si ies, wi h he academic le el o Doc o o O icial Mas e and whose a eas o knowledge we e public heal h, amily medicine, clinical psychology, nu s- ing, and social wo k. In addi ion o he 10 i ems, he panel o expe s p oposed and ag eed, using he Delphi echnique, o conside 8 new i ems measu ing he anxie y cons uc . The 18 i ems we e hen submi ed o a new Delphi ound. The explo a o y ac o analysis (EFA) p oduced a dimensional ma ix o 16 i ems and 2 ac o s, explaining 64.8% o he a iance (Kaise -Meye -Olkin es = 0.94; Ba le es : P = .001). The eliabili y s udy p o ided a C onbach α alue o 0.92. The esponse op ions o he AMICO scale ange om 1 o 10 poin s, whe e 1 co esponds o “s ongly disag ee” and 10 o “s ongly ag ee.”[10] Likewise, he AMICO scale was alida ed concu en ly wi h he S a e-T ai Anxie y In en o y ques ionnai e.[13] As in Spain, nu ses in he UK ha e el o e whelmed by he hea y wo kload. Likewise, he gene al popula ion has also been se e ely a ec ed in his espec . The AMICO scale has p o ed o be a alid and eliable ool in he Spanish gene al popula- ion o iden i y he ex en o which he COVID-19 pandemic has a ec ed he men al heal h o he popula ion and hus o e speci ic in e en ions o add ess a global popula ion p oblem. The e o e, he e is a need o alida e his scale in he UK popu- la ion as well. Wi h ega d o he so-called ad e se e ec s, o e he las 40 yea s, wi h he i s In e go e nmen al Panel on Clima e Change in 1988, a consensus has eme ged on he ole o human ac i i y in inc easing global empe a u e and accele - a ing clima e change, ac o s ha signi ican ly h ea en public heal h.[14] These h ea s ha e a di ec impac on heal h and a e expec ed o cause 250,000 dea hs pe yea wo ldwide be ween 2030 and 2050, mainly om malnu i ion, in ec- ious diseases, and hea s ess, acco ding o he Wo ld Heal h O ganiza ion.[15] Fu u e esea ch on ad e se e ec s also helps o p edic in ec- ious espi a o y diseases, including COVID-19, and o he non- espi a o y diseases.[16] Gi en hese possible ad e se e ec s and in an a emp o an icipa e he p oblem in o de o p e en possible ela ed men al heal h condi ions, i would be ad is- able o de elop new s udies ha assess he p esence o anxi- e y and ea in speci ic popula ion g oups such as he elde ly, child en, people wi h men al heal h p oblems, and ail people wi h he aim o explo ing wha hey expe ience when aced wi h ce ain heal h si ua ions. Knowing how ce ain popula- ion g oups beha e in he ace o an ad e se e ec o his ype, such as he COVID-19 pandemic, can be o g ea help o u u e in e en ions.[17] In his con ex , he aim o he p esen s udy was o assess he p esence o anxie y and FCV-19 in he gene al UK popula ion, using he AMICO scale. 2. Ma e ials and me hods 2.1. Design A desc ip i e, c oss-sec ional s udy based on a ques ionnai e was conduc ed acco ding o he He zog e al classi ica ion,[18] which was dissemina ed be ween Ap il and June 2021. 2.2. Popula ion and sample This s udy was conduc ed in he UK, a coun y wi h a popula- ion o 67,025,542 as o 2019.[19] A sample o a leas 239 peo- ple was es ima ed o his s udy, wi h a con idence le el o 95%, a p ecision o 3%, and an expec ed loss a io o 15%. Finally, he o al sample o his s udy was 657. 2.3. Pa icipan s and public in ol emen This s udy de eloped i s esea ch ques ion wi h a basis on expe- iences and psychological needs exp essed by he public. The public was no in ol ed in he design o he s udy. Pa icipan s we e encou aged o dissemina e he ques ionnai e o ela i es who li ed in he UK. The pa icipan s could ag ee on ecei ing he in es iga ion esul s, once he s udy had concluded and ou - comes we e published. 2.4. Va iables Socio-demog aphic a iables such as sex, age, egion o esi- dence, ma i al s a us, le el o educa ion, numbe o cohabi an s, size o he dwelling, heal h s a us, diagnosis and hospi al admis- sions o COVID-19, olun a y sel -con inemen o a oid in ec- ion, accina ion, and side e ec s we e included. Employmen a iables we e also included, such as employmen s a us, wo k sec o , and sala y. Finally, he AMICO scale a iable was included o measu e ea and anxie y abou COVID-19. 2.5. Ins umen s The Anxie y and Fea o COVID-19 Assessmen (AMICO) scale was used. This scale was al eady designed and alida ed in p e- ious s udies. The alida ion o he AMICO_UK scale was ca - ied ou in a p e ious s udy. Fo he adap a ion o he AMICO scale o he UK con ex , a p ocess o di ec ansla ion in o English and back- ansla ion in o Spanish was ca ied ou in o de o e i y ha he ansla ed e sion e lec ed he same con- en as he o iginal e sions.[20] This double ansla ion p ocess was pe o med by 2 ansla o s who we e na i e Spanish speak- e s, bu who esided and wo ked in he UK and had a minimum Downloaded om h p://jou nals.lww.com/md-jou nal by BhDM 5ePHKa 1zEoum1 Q N4a+kJLhEZgbsIHo4XMi0hCy wCX1AWnYQp/IlQ HD3i3D0OdRyi7T SFl4C 3VC4/OAVpDDa8K2+Ya6H515kE= on 09/27/2023 3 Mo gado-Toscano e al. • Medicine (2023) 102:10 www.md-jou nal.com o a Mas e ’s deg ee. The ansla ed e sion was e alua ed by a panel o 10 expe s.[21] Subsequen ly, a pilo es was ca ied ou wi h 20 subjec s o de ec unde s anding p oblems, a e which he ield s udy was ini ia ed wi h a sample o subjec s li ing in he UK. P io o he EFA, a Kaise -Meye -Olkin measu e o 0.961 and a signi icance le el o 0.000 in he Ba le es o sphe ici y we e ob ained. Wi h hese esul s, he EFA was implemen ed in acco dance wi h he c i e ia o p incipal componen s analysis and a imax o a ion, which yielded a ac o ial solu ion o 2 dimensions and 16 i ems. This ac o ial solu ion explained 76% o he a iance. A eliabili y s udy was also ca ied ou , p o iding an o e all C onbach α alue o 0.964, and 0.90 and 0.92 o each o he ac o s. A e ha , con i ma o y ac o analysis was pe o med o assess cons uc alidi y, which o e ed he ollowing alues: dis- c epancy di ided by deg ee o eedom = 4.59 (P = .17; No med Fi Index = 0.97; Tucke -Lewis index = 0.956; compa a i e i index = 0.976; oo mean squa e e o o app oxima ion = 0.07; and Quad a ic s anda dized esidual = 0.04). 2.6. P ocedu e/se ings A non-p obabilis ic snowball sampling was ca ied ou . Fo he ec ui men o he sample subjec s, an online ques ionnai e was elabo a ed using Qual ics©, which included in o ma ion abou he s udy and he i ems ela ed o he a iables o said s udy. The ques ionnai e was sen o he popula ion h ough social ne wo ks. All pa icipan s we e duly in o med o he pu pose o he s udy, as well as o he possibili y o pa icipa ing olun a ily, anonymously, and con iden ially. To pa icipa e, subjec s had o ick a box o g an pa icipa ion on a olun a y and anonymous basis. Once his box was icked, pa icipan s had access o he ques ionnai es. O he wise, hey could no be accessed. 2.7. Da a analysis The Kolmogo o –Smi no es was i s applied o es no mal- i y, ob aining a P < .005 and allowing he use o non-pa ame ic es s. Con as es s we e pe o med wi h he Mann–Whi ney U and K uskal–Wallis es . The co ela ion be ween quan i a i e a iables was checked wi h he Kendall au b es . The ela ionship be ween quali a i e a iables was checked wi h a ca ego ical eg ession analysis, which included a iance, coe icien o de e mina ion (R2), eg ession analysis, and signi - icance o model pa ame e s.[22] Uni a ia e and bi a ia e desc ip i e analyses we e pe o med using he SPSS© s a is ical so wa e[23] (IBM, A monk, NY). Fo he calcula ion, he op imal scaling op ion was chosen in he so wa e. 2.8. E hical aspec s This s udy in he UK is pa o he IMPACTCOVID-19 in e - na ional in es iga ion p ojec , which ollowed he me hodology o a p e ious in es iga ion in Spain consis ing o he alida ion and c oss-cul u al adap a ion o he AMICO scale[12] and con- sequen ly assessmen in a speci ic popula ion.[24] As men ioned be o e, he AMICO scale was designed by a eam o di e en p o essionals,[17] based on he FCV-19 scale.[11] No pe missions no licenses we e equi ed o i s use. Pe mission o conduc his s udy was ob ained om he Na ional Heal h Se ice Heal h Resea ch Au ho i y, IRAS p oj- ec ID 283849, REC e e ence 20/HRA/3997. This s udy also complied wi h he guidelines se in he Decla a ion o Helsinki ega ding e hical p inciples o medical esea ch in ol ing human subjec s.[25] All indi iduals in he sample ag eed o pa icipa e on a olun a y basis by eading and signing in o med consen . Con iden iali y o da a and anonymi y o pa icipan s was ensu ed, always espec ing he p o ec ion o he igh s o he pa icipan s o he s udy. 3. Resul s 3.1. Desc ip i e analysis The sample selec ed o he s udy consis ed o 657 people li ing in he UK. As can be seen in Table1, o he o al sample, 80.5% we e women, wi h a mean age o 48.25 yea s (Table1). As ega ds income, 71.7% said hey had su icien esou ces o make ends mee . Wi h ega d o gene al heal h s a us, he mean sco e o his a iable was 6.67. Also, 58.8% had ne e sel -con ined o p o- ec hemsel es, al hough he majo i y did conside hemsel es o be a isk o one eason o ano he . In gene al, pa icipan s ega ded hemsel es as well-in o med abou he pandemic, wi h a mean sco e o his a iable o 7.94 poin s. Also, a he ime o he su ey, only 14.5% o he sam- ple had been accina ed wi h bo h doses and 62.6% had only ecei ed 1 dose; on he o he hand, 6.2% claimed hey did no wan o ge he accine. O hose who had been accina ed, 35.6% had had no side e ec s a e he adminis a ion bu jus pain a he injec ion spo (Table1). Rega ding he AMICO scale a iable, he mean AMICO o al sco e was 4.85 (SD = 2.398), wi h a ange o sco es om 1 o 10. On he o he hand, he Kolmogo o –Smi no es , wi h a signi icance o 0.000, e ealed ha he dis ibu ion o sco es ob ained on he AMICO scale did no ollow a no mal dis ibu- ion, so non-pa ame ic es s we e pe o med. The bi a ia e analysis e ealed s a is ically signi ican di - e ences in ela ion o sex, end-o -mon h income, heal h s a us sco e, sel -con idence, amoun o in o ma ion ecei ed, and ac- cina ion a iables ela ed o he mean AMICO sco es (Table2). Thus, women showed highe sco es on he AMICO scale han men. In e ms o income, hose who did no make ends mee showed highe le els o ea and anxie y abou COVID-19. In addi ion, hose who had no sel -con ined o p o ec hemsel es agains he disease go he highes sco es on his scale. On he o he hand, hose who had no ye been accina ed wi h any dose we e he mos ea ul and anxious (Table2). 3.2. Reg ession analysis The calcula ion o he ca ego ical eg ession was implemen ed, i s , wi h he mean o al sco e o he AMICO ques ionnai e as he dependen a iable and he es o he a iables ha showed signi ican di e ences in he desc ip i e bi a ia e anal- ysis (Table3). In his sense, he esul s sugges ha women who epo ed no ecei ing enough money o make ends mee , who did no sel -con ine, and who had been accina ed wi h only 1 dose p esen ed highe le els o anxie y and FCV-19. 4. Discussion The alida ion o he AMICO_UK scale was ca ied ou in a p e ious s udy. Fo he adap a ion o he AMICO scale o he UK con ex , a p ocess o di ec ansla ion in o English and back- ansla ion in o Spanish was ca ied ou . The ansla ed e sion was e alua ed by a panel o 10 expe s. Subsequen ly, a pilo es was ca ied ou wi h 20 subjec s o de ec unde s and- ing p oblems.[21] On he o he hand, he s udy o pe cen iles and qua iles wi h espec o he dis ibu ion o mean scale sco es allowed iden- i ying 3 p oposed le els o anxie y using a box-and-whiske Downloaded om h p://jou nals.lww.com/md-jou nal by BhDM 5ePHKa 1zEoum1 Q N4a+kJLhEZgbsIHo4XMi0hCy wCX1AWnYQp/IlQ HD3i3D0OdRyi7T SFl4C 3VC4/OAVpDDa8K2+Ya6H515kE= on 09/27/2023 4 Mo gado-Toscano e al. • Medicine (2023) 102:10 Medicine plo . Le els we e iden i ied as low, wi h sco es anging om 0 o 4.7 poin s, in e media e, wi h sco es anging om 4.71 o 6.7 poin s, and high, wi h sco es anging om 6.71 o 10 poin s. The analysis o he s a is ical signi icance o he di e ences be ween he iden i ied le els, using he Mann–Whi ney U s a is- ic o each pai o le els es ed, always ga e a alue o P = .000; hus, i can be concluded ha he e a e signi ican di e ences be ween he iden i ied le els, and he ele ance o hese di e - ences is con i med by he Mann–Whi ney U s a is ic o each pai o le els es ed.[17] The esul s o he s udy showed an a e age le el o anxie y and FCV-19 in he gene al UK popula ion, as measu ed by he AMICO_UK scale. Howe e , mos o he e iewed s udies p o- ide e idence o he high impac o he COVID-19 pandemic Table 1 Desc ip ion o he sample p o ile. Quan i a i e a iables Value Resul Range Age Mean S anda d de ia ion 48.25 14.861 Minimum = 16 Maximum = 80 No o co-dwelle s Mean S anda d de ia ion 2.58 1.3 Minimum = 1 Maximum = 10 Heal h s a e sco e Mean S anda d de ia ion 6.67 2.061 Minimum = 0 Maximum = 10 Le el o in o ma ion Mean S anda d de ia ion 7.94 2.078 Minimum = 1 Maximum = 10 Quali a i e a iables Value Resul To al Sex Male Female n = 120 (18.3%) n = 529 (80.5%) To al sample 657 Ma i al s a us Ma ied Single Widow/e Sepa a ed/di- o ced Doesn’ say O he n = 318 (48.4%) n = 174 (26.5%) n = 25 (3.8%) n = 63 (9.6%) n = 17 (2.6%) n = 60 (9.1%) Educa ional le el Seconda y Highe seconda y Uni e si y (Mas e ’s o Doc o a e) Uni e si y (deg ee) Wi hou s udies Doesn’ say O he n = 120 (18.3%) n = 108 (16.4%) n = 97 (14.8%) n = 263 (40%) n = 8 (1.2%) n = 21 (3.2%) n = 40 (6.1%) Wo k si ua ion S udying Doesn’ say Full- ime ou side o home Full- ime om home Pa - ime ou side o home Pa - ime om home On sick lea e Re i ed Unemployed O he n = 14 (2.1%) n = 13 (2%) n = 134 (20.4%) n = 116 (17.7%) n = 81 (12.3%) n = 50 (7.6%) n = 21 (3.2%) n = 135 (20.5%) n = 39 (5.9%) n = 54 (8.2%) Su icien income Yes No No always Doesn’ say O he n = 471 (71.7%) n = 58 (8.8%) n = 103 (15.7%) n = 20 (3%) n = 5 (0.8%) COVID-19 diagnosis Yes No n = 69 (10.5%) n = 586 (89.2%) Sel -con inemen Yes No n = 264 (40.2%) n = 386 (58.8%) Vaccina ion Yes, wi h 2 doses Yes, wi h 1 dose No No, I e use accina ing Doesn’ say n = 95 (14.5%) n = 411 (62.6%) n = 105 (16%) n = 41 (6.2%) n = 5 (0.8%) COVID-19 = co ona i us disease 2019. 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Va iables To al sample (n = 657) Mean AMICO sco e Con as hypo hesis Sex Male Female n = 120 (18.3%) n = 529 (80.5%) 4.15 5.09 P = .000* Ma i al s a us Ma ied Single Widow/e Sepa a ed/ di o ced Doesn’ say O he n = 318 (48.4%) n = 174 (26.5%) n = 25 (3.8%) n = 63 (9.6%) n = 17 (2.6%) n = 60 (9.1%) 4.82 4.89 4.83 4.81 4.6 5.55 P = .426‡ Educa ional le el Seconda y Highe seconda y Uni e si y (Mas e ’s o Doc o a e) Uni e si y (deg ee) Wi hou s udies Doesn’ say O he n = 120 (18.3%) n = 108 (16.4%) n = 97 (14.8%) n = 263 (40%) n = 8 (1.2%) n = 21 (3.2%) n = 40 (6.1%) 4.84 4.85 4.46 5.02 6.44 4.77 5.20 P = .239‡ Wo k si ua ion S udying Doesn’ say Full- ime ou side o home Full- ime om home Pa - ime ou side o home Pa - ime om home On sick lea e Re i ed Unemployed O he n = 14 (2.1%) n = 13 (2%) n = 134 (20.4%) n = 116 (17.7%) n = 81 (12.3%) n = 50 (7.6%) n = 21 (3.2%) n = 135 (20.5%) n = 39 (5.9%) n = 54 (8.2%) 5 4.81 4.55 5.4 4.55 5.25 5.93 4.75 5.09 5.47 P = .165‡ Su icien income Yes No No always Doesn’ say O he n = 471 (71.7%) n = 58 (8.8%) n = 103 (15.7%) n = 20 (3%) n = 5 (0.8%) 4.61 5.94 5.64 4.93 5.03 P = .000‡ COVID-19 diagnosis Yes No n = 69 (10.5%) n = 586 (89.2%) 4.44 4.96 P = .127* Sel -con inemen Yes No n = 264 (40.2%) n = 386 (58.8%) 4.31 5.76 P = .000* Vaccina ion Yes, wi h 2 doses Yes, wi h 1 dose No No, I e use accina ing Doesn’ say n = 95 (14.5%) n = 411 (62.6%) n = 105 (16%) n = 41 (6.2%) n = 5 (0.8%) 4.60 5.16 5.11 2.53 4.00 P = .000‡ Age Signi icance (SD) 48.25 (14.861) Tau b = −0.047† No o co-dwelle s Signi icance (SD) 2.58 (1.3) Tau b = 0.008† Heal h s a e sco e Signi icance (SD) 6.67 (2.061) Tau b = −0.2757† Le el o in o ma ion Signi icance (SD) 7.94 (2.078) Tau b = −0.120† AMICO = Anxie y and Fea o COVID-19 Assessmen Scale (Ansiedad y Miedo al COVID-19), COVID-19 = co ona i us disease 2019, SD = s anda d de ia ion. * Mann–Whi ney U. † Kendall au b. ‡ Analysis o a iance (ANOVA). Downloaded om h p://jou nals.lww.com/md-jou nal by BhDM 5ePHKa 1zEoum1 Q N4a+kJLhEZgbsIHo4XMi0hCy wCX1AWnYQp/IlQ HD3i3D0OdRyi7T SFl4C 3VC4/OAVpDDa8K2+Ya6H515kE= on 09/27/2023 6 Mo gado-Toscano e al. • Medicine (2023) 102:10 Medicine on he men al heal h o he gene al popula ion. This is he case o a s udy in Romania whe e, al hough olde people a e mo e likely o ha e se ious p oblems associa ed wi h COVID-19 han younge people, he esul s showed ha people cope wi h his ea ega dless o age.[26] Ano he s udy conduc ed in Ge many posi i ely ela ed FCV-19 o he pe cei ed isk o con ac ing he disease.[27] In line wi h he esul s o a e iew ha was de eloped du ing he i s pandemic,[28] his s udy highligh ed ha hose who habi ually wo e masks epo ed highe le els o FCV-19 han hose who did no comply wi h mask egula ions. This ac could e eal ha COVID-19 is commonly associa ed wi h se e e ad e se eelings, including ea , ange , o dep ession, bu he in luence o indi iduals’ emo ional s eng h and con ic ions is essen ial o deepen he unde s anding o he psychia ic and psychological consequences o he pandemic.[29] On he o he hand, a s udy conduc ed in New Zealand, a coun y ha sha es his o ical ies wi h he UK, ound ha dep ession and anxie y we e nega i ely a ec ed du ing he i s en weeks o social dis ancing o he COVID-19 pandemic. This was e iden in he mean sco es ob ained in ha s udy o dep ession and anxie y du ing he COVID-19 pandemic, which signi ican ly exceeded hose ob ained in no mal epidemiological si ua ions.[30] Al hough age was no a de e mining ac o in he p esen s udy, da a om he Eu opean COVID Su ey highligh ed ha in coun ies such as I aly o he UK, people aged 18 o 29 yea s who had been in ec ed wi h he new co ona i us had high p e - alence a es o dep ession and anxie y in all wa es.[31] Wi h ega d o age, a s udy in New Zealand, men ioned abo e, e ealed ha , al hough he mos se e e symp oms o he disease end o de elop in olde people, i was a g oup o young people aged 18 o 24 yea s who we e disp opo iona ely mo e a ec ed and mo e likely o su e anxie y, s ess, and dep ession associa ed wi h COVID-19. One explana ion o his phenom- enon could be ha many young s uden s expe ienced academic delays and signi ican changes in daily ou ine du ing he.[32] O he esea ch highligh s ha younge popula ions end o ha e poo e men al heal h ou comes in gene al.[33] Wi h ega d o he sex a iable, i is wo h men ioning ha in all he a icles e iewed as well as in he p esen s udy, he le el o anxie y and, in gene al, men al heal h p oblems, was highe in women han in men. Fo example, a s udy by Zanino o e al epo ed a g ea e de e io a ion o men al heal h in he gen- e al popula ion in he UK[34] in line wi h a s udy conduc ed in Spain[17] based on he AMICO scale, which concluded ha he p e alence o symp oms o psychological dis ess and a ec i e diso de s in Spain p o es ha women p esen some ype o men al heal h p oblem in 14% o he popula ion, compa ed o 7.2% o men. This may be due o he ac ha a ound 70% o ca e wo k ends o all on women, which may ha e inc eased due o he si ua ion o con inemen expe ienced wi h he conse- quen closu e o schools and elewo king.[17] As o he sala y a iable, which has also been signi ican in he p esen s udy, an analysis conduc ed in he UK e ealed ha he es ic ions also impac ed people’s socioeconomic posi ion, wi h an inc ease in po e y.[34,35] In addi ion o his, i was also ound ha people wi h men al heal h p oblems a e subs an ially mo e likely o de elop in ec ious diseases such as pneumonia and o su e cogni i e impai men ,[36] so lowe socioeconomic s a us no only a ec s he quali y o men al heal h bu also goes hand in hand wi h being mo e p one o illness. When he in luence o socio-demog aphic a iables dec eases, hose indi iduals who showed highe le els o dis- ess also epo ed ha ing had COVID-19 and a g ea e num- be o se e e symp oms.[37] On he o he hand, he g ea e impac o li ing wi h es ic- ions had a di ec impac on de e io a ing physical and men al heal h, and social isola ion exace ba ed he poo men al heal h s a us ha al eady exis ed in he UK popula ion.[38] In his sense, he indings by Jani i e al con i m he need o be con- ce ned no only wi h p o ec ing he physical heal h o heal h p o essionals bu also wi h he e ec s on hei men al heal h, some hing ha has been con i med by a la ge numbe o s ud- ies.[39] Res ic ions also impac ed people’s socioeconomic posi- ion, so i is no su p ising ha he majo i y o he sample ep esen ed in his s udy chose no o sel -con ine.[40] Las ly, al hough only 14.5% o he sample was accina ed wi h bo h doses a he ime o he ques ionnai e, a UK s udy ound ha a ound 82% o UK adul s a e willing o ecei e a COVID-19 accine i o e ed.[41] Limi a ions o he p esen s udy include he ac ha non-p obabili y sampling p ecludes accu a e knowledge o he ep esen a i eness o he sample. On he o he hand, esea che s mus ely on he e aci y o he da a p o ided by pa icipan s, as hese we e sel -adminis e ed ques ionnai es. Also, du ing he pandemic, he e ha e been si ua ions o g ea e es ic ions depending on he cumula i e incidence o COVID-19, so he esponse o he pa icipan s may ha e also been in luenced by he ime a which he ques ionnai es we e comple ed. Besides, as he da a collec ion ool is elema ic, he e may ha e also been an accessibili y bias, as olde people and/o people a isk o social exclusion may no ha e been able o answe he ques ionnai e. On he o he hand, he highe numbe o women in he sam- ple implies ano he limi a ion in i sel . The e o e, i is necessa y o examine, h ough a new ield s udy, whe he he “sex” a i- able may ha e such an e ec on he cons uc alida ion o he AMICO_UK scale om a sex pe spec i e. 5. Conclusion This s udy highligh s he need o ac ion by heal h manage s o p o ide ca e and suppo o he gene al popula ion o he UK in o de o mi iga e he nega i e men al heal h e ec s caused by COVID-19. The esul s o he p esen s udy ha e shown an a e age le el o anxie y and FCV-19 in he gene al UK popula ion, as mea- su ed by he AMICO UK scale. In addi ion, he eg ession s udy showed ha women who epo ed no ea ning enough o make ends mee , who had no sel -con ined, and who had ecei ed only 1 dose o he accine had highe le els o anxie y and FCV-19. Table 3 Model adjus men and signi icance o he eg ession analysis. S anda dized coe icien s d F Sig. Be a Boo s apping (1000) o s anda d e o Sex −.126 .038 1 11.121 .001 Su icien income −.170 .042 4 16.123 .000 Sel -con inemen .221 .053 2 17.212 .000 Vaccina ion .259 .111 1 5.466 .020 d = deg ee o eedom, Sig = signi icance. 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Me hodology: C is ina Mo gado-Toscano, Juan Gómez- Salgado, Ja ie Fagundo-Ri e a, Yolanda Na a o-Abal, Lucas Rod íguez-Jiménez, José An onio Climen -Rod íguez, Regina Allande-Cussó. P ojec adminis a ion: C is ina Mo gado-Toscano, Juan Gómez-Salgado, Regina Allande-Cussó. Resou ces: C is ina Mo gado-Toscano, Juan Gómez-Salgado, Ja ie Fagundo-Ri e a, Yolanda Na a o-Abal, Lucas Rod íguez-Jiménez, José An onio Climen -Rod íguez, Regina Allande-Cussó. So wa e: C is ina Mo gado-Toscano, Juan Gómez-Salgado, Lucas Rod íguez-Jiménez, Regina Allande-Cussó. Supe ision: C is ina Mo gado-Toscano, Juan Gómez-Salgado, Ja ie Fagundo-Ri e a, Yolanda Na a o-Abal, Lucas Rod íguez-Jiménez, José An onio Climen -Rod íguez, Regina Allande-Cussó. Valida ion: C is ina Mo gado-Toscano, Juan Gómez-Salgado, Ja ie Fagundo-Ri e a, Yolanda Na a o-Abal, Lucas Rod íguez-Jiménez, José An onio Climen -Rod íguez, Regina Allande-Cussó. 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