Design and validation of a questionnaire to assess the perceived risk of contracting COVID-19 in the colombian population

Authors

  • Shadye Matar-Khalil Programa de Psicología. Escuela de Ciencias Sociales, Artes y Humanidades. Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia, Colombia.Psicóloga, doctora en psicología https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2250-9794
  • Melissa Judith Ortiz Barrero Programa de Psicología. Escuela de Ciencias Sociales, Artes y Humanidades. Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia, Colombia. psicóloga, magíster en psicología https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4166-2911
  • José González-Campos Departamento de Matemática, Física, y Computación. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas. Universidad de Playa Ancha, Chile. licenciado en educación, doctor en estadística https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4892-067X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2021.384.9298

Keywords:

COVID-19, Perception, behaviors, risk of contagion, validity, reliability

Abstract

Objective. To design and validate an instrument to assess the perceived risk of contracting COVID-19 in the Colombian population. Materials and methods. Cross-sectional observational study of psychometric type with a sample of 2350 people between 16 and 65 years of age. The dimensions and items were proposed based the review of previous studies on the evaluation of risk perception of disease and disasters, by integrating the guidelines issued by the World Health Organization regarding selfprotection measures and biosecurity protocols to avoid COVID-19 transmission. The validation process was carried out in two stages; the first stage included a review by expert judges who evaluated the clarity, sufficiency, and relevance of each item in relation to the variable and its dimension; in the second stage we carried out a confirmatory factor analysis and estimated internal consistency with the Cronbach’s Alpha (α) and McDonald’s omega (ω) indexes. Results. The designed instrument had adequate psychometric properties to evaluate the risk perception of contracting COVID-19 (α=0.924), with four dimensions: cognitive vulnerability (α=0.873), emotional vulnerability (α=0.882), severity (α=0.893) and risk-protective behaviors (α=0.941). Conclusions. These findings show that the instrument to evaluate the risk perception of contracting COVID-19 (PCR-CV19) is a valid and reliable tool to assess contagion risk perception and can be adapted to different population groups and contexts.

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2021-12-22

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Matar-Khalil S, Ortiz Barrero MJ, González-Campos J. Design and validation of a questionnaire to assess the perceived risk of contracting COVID-19 in the colombian population. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica [Internet]. 2021 Dec. 22 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];38(4):512-20. Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/9298

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