COVID-19 related distress in the Swedish population: Validation of the Swedish version of the COVID Stress Scales (CSS).
PLoS One
; 17(2): e0263888, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1690705
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The COVID Stress Scales (CSS) assess health- and contamination-related distress in the face of a medical outbreak like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Though the CSS is translated into 21 languages, it has not been validated in a Swedish national sample.AIM:
Our general objective is to provide a translation, replication, and validation of the CSS and test its convergent- and discriminant validity in relation to anxiety, health anxiety, depression, and stress in the general Swedish population. We also present latent psychometric properties by modelling based on item response theory.METHODS:
Participants consisted of 3044 Swedish adults (> 18 years) from a pre-stratified (gender, age, and education) sample from The Swedish Citizen Panel. Mental health status was assessed by validated instruments, including the CSS, PHQ-4, SHAI-14, and PSS-10.RESULTS:
Results indicate that our Swedish translation of CSS has good psychometric properties and consists of 5 correlated factors.DISCUSSION:
The CSS is useful either as a unidimensional or multidimensional construct using the CSS scales to measure key facets of pandemic-related stress.CONCLUSIONS:
The findings support the cross-cultural validity of the CSS and its potential utility in understanding many of the emotional challenges posed by the current and future pandemics.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
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Stress, Psychological
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
PLoS One
Journal subject:
Science
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Medicine
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Journal.pone.0263888
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