id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-035230-p999nlnc Nikopoulou, V. A. Mental Health Screening for COVID-19: a Proposed Cutoff Score for the Greek Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) 2020-11-10 .txt text/plain 4626 263 50 title: Mental Health Screening for COVID-19: a Proposed Cutoff Score for the Greek Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) Altogether, although the cutoff scores of the Greek FCV-19S version were explored to further evaluate the scale's validity, they may facilitate discrimination of adults with extreme COVID-19-related fear from those with normal fear reactions. The current analysis focuses on the association between the FCV-19S scale and other variables relevant to the participants' psychological reaction to COVID-19, including anxiety, health anxiety, and posttraumatic stress symptomatology. GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale, SHAI Short Health Anxiety Inventory, PTSD-8 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder-8 items cutoff score, indicating that intense fear has been diminished. This study provided empirical support for the scale's adequacy to assess COVID-19-related fear and determined a cutoff point of 16.5 or higher with significant predictive power for anxiety, health anxiety, and posttraumatic stress symptomatology. ./cache/cord-035230-p999nlnc.txt ./txt/cord-035230-p999nlnc.txt