TABLE 2.
Participant characteristics and Fear of COVID‐19 Scale (FCV‐19S) scores
| Country | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh (N = 8,550) | UK (N = 344) | Brazil (N = 1,843) | Taiwan (N = 539) | Italy (N = 249) | NZ (N = 317) | Iran (N = 717) | Cuba (N = 772) | Pakistan (N = 937) | Japan (N = 1,079) | French (N = 316) | |
| Age (years); M (SD) | 26.5 (9.1) | 34.5 (12.0) | 36.2 (12.8) | 53.3 (14.9) | 34.5 (12.2) | 19.7 (3.1) | 31.1 (12.6) | 35.9 (14.6) | 25.8 (11.8) | 27.6 (19.6) | 35.57 (14.3) |
| Gender (male); N (%) | 4,790 (56.0) | 165 (48.0) | 367 (19.9) | 264 (49.0) | 20 (8.0) | 110 (34.6) | 301 (42.0) | 203 (26.3) | 400 (42.7) | 611 (56.6) | 42 (13.3) |
| F1; M (SD) | 3.62 (1.04) | 3.25 (1.13) | 3.49 (1.22) | 2.99 (1.42) | 3.44 (1.08) | 2.50 (1.15) | 3.48 (1.14) | 3.47 (1.68) | 2.97 (1.06) | 3.99 (1.13) | 2.99 (1.16) |
| F2; M (SD) | 3.52 (1.06) | 3.23 (1.20) | 3.17 (1.29) | 2.49 (1.37) | 2.94 (1.27) | 2.43 (1.18) | 4.01 (0.84) | 4.10 (1.39) | 2.99 (1.16) | 3.38 (1.23) | 2.83 (1.28) |
| F3; M (SD) | 2.50 (1.13) | 1.79 (0.94) | 1.56 (0.94) | 2.05 (1.15) | 1.50 (0.94) | 1.59 (0.83) | 3.76 (0.88) | 1.61 (1.25) | 2.07 (1.10) | 1.85 (1.01) | 1.54 (0.88) |
| F4; M (SD) | 2.93 (1.23) | 2.64 (1.30) | 2.95 (1.47) | 2.60 (1.40) | 2.42 (1.27) | 1.87 (1.03) | 4.24 (0.90) | 3.04 (1.77) | 2.67 (1.24) | 3.88 (1.21) | 2.17 (1.31) |
| F5; M (SD) | 3.53 (1.07) | 3.25(1.25) | 3.01 (1.34) | 2.61 (1.30) | 2.94 (1.27) | 2.57 (1.28) | 3.53 (1.07) | 3.65 (1.56) | 3.11 (1.18) | 3.03 (1.26) | 3.00 (1.40) |
| F6; M (SD) | 2.41 (1.11) | 1.94(1.09) | 1.79 (1.08) | 2.08 (1.16) | 1.56 (0.88) | 1.56 (0.85) | 4.11 (0.81) | 2.15 (1.57) | 2.01 (1.14) | 1.77 (0.97) | 1.58 (0.97) |
| F7; M (SD) | 2.88 (1.24) | 1.94(1.12) | 2.12 (1.33) | 2.11 (1.19) | 2.10 (1.28) | 1.64 (0.91) | 4.27 (0.75) | 2.89 (1.76) | 2.35 (1.22) | 1.89 (1.10) | 1.72 (1.08) |
| FCV‐19S; M (SD) | 3.05 (0.85) | 2.58 (0.89) | 2.58 (0.95) | 2.42 (1.04) | 2.41 (0.86) | 2.02 (0.80) | 3.92 (0.64) | 2.99 (1.06) | 2.59 (0.89) | 2.83 (0.81) | 2.26 (0.89) |
F1 = I am most afraid of coronavirus‐19.
F2 = It makes me uncomfortable to think about coronavirus‐19.
F3 = My hands become clammy when I think about coronavirus‐19.
F4 = I am afraid of losing my life because of coronavirus‐19.
F5 = When watching news and stories about coronavirus‐19 on social media, I become nervous or anxious.
F6 = I cannot sleep because I'm worrying about getting coronavirus‐19.
F7 = My heart races or palpitates when I think about getting coronavirus‐19.
Abbreviations: FCV‐19S, Fear of COVID‐19 Scale; NZ, New Zealand.