تحليل مستويات نوبات الهلع من جائحة كورونا COVID-19 باستخدام نظرية الاستجابة المفردة: دراسة تشخصية فارقة على عينات من المجتمع العربي

Abstract EN

The purpose of this study was to develop item bank to assess panic attacks from the COVID-19 pandemic according to the item response theory (IRT), assess the diagnostic criteria for panic attacks levels using cutoff scores in the Arab society, and compare panic attacks among some groups of particpants.

the question bank items were administered to a sample of Arab soceity electronically, so the graduating sample for the scale was (452) participants, and (6) individuals were omitted for not meeting the requirements of the IRT theory, and the basic study sample consisted of (2285) participants from Arab countries.

the study made use of item response theory, the Andrich model, in developing and graduating the scale items bank to be used in evaluating levels of panic attacks as a result of corona virus on samples of the Arab society.

the item bank included in its final form, sixty-nine test items, distributed over 6 subscales: physical symptoms, includes 13 items, all of which were approved according to the assumptions of the IRT, psychological and emotional symptoms: the approved items were 11 after deleting item (22), cognitive and mental symptoms: the approved items were 11, (d) social symptoms: the approved items were 7, general symptoms: the approved items were 13, and finally ,daily practices: the approved items were 13.

according to assumptions of the IRT, and two vocabulary numbers 22 and 69 have been deleted ,(67) items were accepted in the question bank and those generally accepted items possessed psychometric properties, allowing their use with an appropriate degree of confidence in measuring and diagnosing panic attacks as a result of the COVID-19 virus, and different, equivalent and brief test forms can also be withdrawn to be used for different diagnostic purposes.

there is a need to enrich some dimensions with a number of items with different levels of difficulty.

the cut-off scores for the diagnostic standard specifications for panic attacks were determined using the modified Angouf method, where three levels were agreed (severe-medium- low), and the results indicated a statistically significant difference in panic attacks from the COVID-19 pandemic due to nationality, gender, nature of work and some other demographic variables among particpants.