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The Fear COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) is a tool that assesses fears related to COVID-19. The objective was to know the validity and reliability of the FCV-19S in Colombian physicians. Five hundred thirty-one physicians aged between 21 and 69 years participated (M = 30.0, SD = 9.4). Internal consistency was estimated with Kuder-Richardson and McDonald's omega coefficients. The one-dimensional structure was corroborated with confirmatory factor analysis and goodness of fit coefficients. The FCV-19S showed Kuder-Richardson's coefficient of 0.16 and McDonald's omega of 0.42. The five-item version (FCV-19S-5), without items 3 and 7, showed Kuder-Richardson's coefficient of 0.67 and McDonald's omega of 0.68. In conclusion, the FCV-19S presented a poor psychometric performance in Colombian doctors, and the FCV-19S-5 showed acceptable internal consistency and dimensionality.
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Introducción. La calidad de vida y la severidad de los síntomas de la menopausia varían entre distintos grupos poblacionales. Objetivo. Comparar la calidad de vida de climatéricas colombianas pertenecientes a dos grupos étnicos, hispánicas y afrodescendientes, utilizando la Escala Cervantes. Metodología. Estudio transversal que hace parte del proyecto de investigación CAVIMEC [Calidad de Vida en la Menopausia y Etnias Colombianas], realizado con un formulario de características sociodemográficas y la Escala Cervantes, en mujeres de 40 a 59 años de edad, residentes en poblaciones del Caribe y Pacífico colombiano. Valoración puerta a puerta por encuestadoras, investigación sin riesgos y aprobada por el comité de ética. Para el análisis de datos se utilizó Epi-Info 7. Se realizó regresión logística no ajustada y las comparaciones fueron estadísticamente significativas si p<0,05. Resultados. Se estudió 1 894 mujeres, 34,1% afrodescendientes y 65,9% hispánicas, edad 48,7±5,7 y 48,2±5,8, respectivamente. Las hispánicas tuvieron mayor deterioro psíquico, sexual, de relación de pareja y envejecimiento; en cambio presentaron menos síntomas vasomotores que las afrodescendientes, p<0,05. El puntaje de Escala Cervantes fue 39,2±22,6 en afrodescendientes y 43,7±25,0 en hispánicas, p<0,001. Ser hispánica se asoció a 43% mayor deterioro de la calidad de vida con respecto a afrodescendientes y fue factor asociado a mayor severidad en tres dominios: menopausia/salud OR: 1,40 [IC95%: 1,05 a 1,85], sexualidad OR: 1,46 [IC95%: 1,19 a 1,80] y relación de pareja OR: 1,36 [IC95%: 1,10 a 1,69]. Conclusión. Existieron diferencias significativas en el deterioro de la calidad de vida en las mujeres climatéricas hispánicas y afrodescendientes estudiadas.
Introduction: Quality of life and severity of menopausal symptoms vary among different population groups. Objective: To compare the quality of life of Colombian climacteric women belonging to two ethnic groups by using the Cervantes scale. Methods: Cross-sectional study of the CAVIMEC (Calidad de Vida en la Menopausia y Etnias Colombianas) research project, which administers a questionnaire of sociodemographic characteristics and the Cervantes scale to Hispanic and Afrodescendant women, 40 to 59 years old, living in populations of the Colombian Caribbean and Pacific. Door-to-door assessment by interviewers, risk-free research, performed with the approval of the ethics committee. We used Epi-Info 7 for data analysis. Unadjusted logistic regression was performed and comparisons were statistically significant if p <0.05. Results: We studied 1 894 women, 34.1% Afrodescendants and 65.9% Hispanics, aged 48.7 ± 5.7 and 48.2 ± 5.8, respectively. Hispanics had a higher psychological, sexual, aging and couple relationship deterioration, and less vasomotor symptoms than Afro-descendants, p <0.05. The Cervantes Scale score was 39.2 ± 22.6 in Afrodescendants and 43.7 ± 25.0 in Hispanic women, p <0.001. Being Hispanic was associated with a 43% greater deterioration of the quality of life compared with Afro-descendants and was associated to higher severity in three domains: menopause / health OR: 1.40 [95% CI: 1.05-1.85], sexuality OR: 1.46 [IC05%: 1.19-1.80] and couple relationship OR: 1.36 [95% CI: 1.10-1.69]. Conclusions: There were significant differences in the deterioration of quality of life in the Colombian Hispanic and Colombian Afro-descendant women studied.