Table 4.
Public meaningful interpretation of the 10-Item COVID-PSS using participant-based anchors
| COVID-PSS cut-off scores | Participant, n (%) | Psychological impact related to COVID-19 | ||||||||
| Fear of COVID-19 | Perceived risk of COVID-19 infection | Bogardus Social Distance Scale | ||||||||
| Sensitivity (95% CI) |
Specificity (95% CI) |
AuROC (95% CI) |
Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | AuROC (95% CI) | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | AuROC (95% CI) | ||
| No/minimal (18 or lower) |
983 (24.6) |
84.5% (78.7 to 89.2) |
78.6% (77.3 to 79.9) |
0.82 (0.79 to 0.84) |
76.1% (73.0 to 79.1) |
87.7% (86.5 to 88.8) |
0.82 (0.80 to 0.84) |
40.5% (38.2 to 42.7) |
89.2% (87.8 to 90.5) |
0.65 (0.64 to 0.66) |
| Moderate (19–25) |
1364 (34.1) |
44.4% (42.0 to 46.8) |
73.5% (71.7 to 75.3) |
0.59 (0.57 to 0.60) |
49.6% (47.4 to 51.8) |
81.4% (79.6 to 83.0) |
0.65 (0.64 to 0.67) |
34.2% (32.0 to 36.3) |
66.0% (64.0 to 68.1) |
0.50 (0.49 to 0.52) |
| High (26 or higher) |
1657 (41.4) |
65.2% (63.1 to 67.2) |
85.0% (83.4 to 86.6) |
0.75 (0.74 to 0.76) |
82.5% (80.3 to 84.6) |
77.1% (75.4 to 78.6) |
0.80 (0.78 to 0.81) |
89.2% (84.4 to 92.9) |
61.5% (60.0 to 63.1) |
0.75 (0.73 to 0.78) |
AuROC, area under the receiver operating characteristic; COVID-PSS, COVID-19 Public Stigma Scale.