Facing Fear and Embracing Safety: Validation of the COVID-19 Psychosocial Scales in Essential Frontline Workers During the Pandemic.

Background: The study has two main aims: (1) to analyze and validate the factor structure of the Fear of COVID-19, Workplace health and safety training, and Behavioral Safety Compliance scales (Study 1) in frontline Spanish COVID-19 workers from different sectors (food sector, hospitals, and death care services); and (2) to analyze and validate the factor structure of a reduced version of these scales (Study 2) in Spanish workers in the healthcare sector.

Method: Analyses carried out using R 1.4.