How to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on quality of life: COV19-QoL – the development, reliability and validity of a new scale
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Data publikacji: 25 cze 2020
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Otrzymano: 09 maj 2020
Przyjęty: 30 maj 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gp-2020-0016
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Intercorrelations of the COV19-QoL scale items (above the diagonal: non-clinical sample; below the diagonal: clinical sample)
| - | .458 | .480 | .489 | .416 | .350 | |
| .475 | - | .663 | .708 | .765 | .474 | |
| .362 | .506 | - | .676 | .627 | .481 | |
| .443 | .685 | .514 | - | .733 | .548 | |
| .413 | .700 | .437 | .678 | - | .547 | |
| .368 | .440 | .487 | .570 | .427 | - |
Results of internal consistency check of the COV19-QoL scale in non-clinical and clinical samples
| ...I think my quality of life is lower than before | .525 | .292 | .892 | .517 | .274 | .857 |
| ...I think my mental health has deteriorated | .775 | .662 | .852 | .741 | .605 | .815 |
| ...I think my physical health may deteriorate | .733 | .551 | .859 | .586 | .362 | .842 |
| ...I feel more tense than before | .800 | .655 | .847 | .762 | .618 | .808 |
| ...I feel more depressed than before | .780 | .676 | .851 | .694 | .566 | .823 |
| ...I feel that my personal safety is at risk | .582 | .359 | .883 | .585 | .384 | .842 |
Descriptive statistical values of the items and total scores of the COV19-QoL scale in the non-clinical and clinical samples
| 1. ...I think my quality of life is lower than before | 3.34 | 1.22 | 3.07 | 1.45 |
| 2. ...I think my mental health has deteriorated | 2.63 | 1.19 | 2.07 | 1.28 |
| 3. ...I think my physical health may deteriorate | 3.02 | 1.18 | 2.53 | 1.29 |
| 4. ...I feel more tense than before | 3.11 | 1.26 | 2.58 | 1.44 |
| 5. ...I feel more depressed than before | 2.67 | 1.23 | 2.09 | 1.29 |
| 6. ...I feel that my personal safety is at risk | 2.70 | 1.20 | 2.06 | 1.26 |
| COV19-QoL (total scale) | 2.91 | 0.97 | 2.40 | 1.02 |
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| 1. ...I think my quality of life is lower than before | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2. ...I think my mental health has deteriorated | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 3. ...I think my physical health may deteriorate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 4. ...I feel more tense than before | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 5. ...I feel more depressed than before | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6. ...I feel that my personal safety is at risk | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Results of PCA of the COV19-QoL scale for non-clinical and clinical samples
| 4. ...I feel more tense than before | .771 | .878 | .742 | .861 |
| 5. ...I feel more depressed than before | .752 | .867 | .658 | .811 |
| 2. ...I think my mental health has deteriorated | .744 | .863 | .711 | .843 |
| 3. ...I think my physical health may deteriorate | .683 | .826 | .506 | .711 |
| 6. ...I feel that my personal safety is at risk | .487 | .698 | .500 | .707 |
| 1. ...I think my quality of life is lower than before | .411 | .641 | .417 | .645 |
Correlations of the COV19-QoL scale items and the whole scale with participants’ age (non-clinical and clinical samples)
| 1. ...I think my quality of life is lower than before | −.020 | .471 | .049 | .491 |
| 2. ...I think my mental health has deteriorated | −.158 | .000 | .141 | .046 |
| 3. ...I think my physical health may deteriorate | −.057 | .038 | .141 | .046 |
| 4. ...I feel more tense than before | −.083 | .002 | .122 | .085 |
| 5. ...I feel more depressed than before | −.092 | .001 | .146 | .039 |
| 6. ...I feel that my personal safety is at risk | .102 | .000 | .102 | .149 |
| COV-19-QoL (total) | .064 | .018 | .151 | .032 |