The relationship between e-Health literacy and cyberchondria in Iranian students of health sciences [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryIntroductionCyberchondria has been growing in recent years. Understanding the relationship between e-Health Literacy and Cyberchondria is important, as enhancing e-Health Literacy perhaps empower individuals to navigate online health information without ...
Amirreza Kalantari +7 more
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Recent Insights Into Cyberchondria [PDF]
Current Psychiatry Reports, 2020 The construct of cyberchondria was introduced relatively recently. This article aims to review the conceptualization, theoretical basis and correlates of cyberchondria, as well as its prevention and management.Although there is no consensus, most definitions of cyberchondria emphasize online health research associated with heightened distress or ...
Vladan Starcevic +2 more
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The effect of cyberchondria on anxiety, depression and quality of life during COVID-19: the mediational role of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and Internet addiction [PDF]
Heliyon, 2022 Since the global pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), online health information-seeking behaviors have notably increased. Cyberchondria can be a vulnerability factor for the worsening of anxiety-depressive symptoms and quality of life ...
Federica Ambrosini +4 more
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Predictors of Cyberchondria During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study Using Supervised Machine Learning [PDF]
JMIR Formative Research, 2023 BackgroundCyberchondria is characterized by repeated and compulsive online searches for health information, resulting in increased health anxiety and distress.
Alexandre Infanti +10 more
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Cyberchondria: a Growing Concern During the COVID-19 Pandemic and a Possible Addictive Disorder? [PDF]
Current Addiction Reports, 2023 Purpose of Review: The main purpose of this narrative review is to provide a brief overview of the current empirical evidence regarding the conceptualization, assessment, and treatment of cyberchondria, with a focus on the potential classification of ...
Gemma Mestre-Bach, Marc N Potenza
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The Role Of Cyberchondria In Mediating Health Anxiety, Fears And Obsessions Among Students Of Private Medical Colleges Sargodha [PDF]
Journal of Rawalpindi Medical CollegeObjective: This study was conducted to examine the role of cyberchondria in mediating health anxiety, fears and obsessions among Students of private medical college.
Muhammad Usman +5 more
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"Dr. Google" consultation and health anxiety among primary healthcare patients: The mediation effect of health literacy. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundPromoting health literacy is a successful intervention for cyberchondriasis and health anxiety. However, no study has examined how cyberchondria, health anxiety, and health literacy are interrelated.ObjectiveThis study aimed to determine the ...
Eddieson Pasay-An +11 more
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Psychometric properties and factor structure of the short form of the cyberchondria severity scale (CSS-12) amongst Indian adults [PDF]
Indian Journal of PsychiatryBackground: Cyberchondria refers to an increase in anxiety and distress because of excessive and repeated online health searches. The Cyberchondria Severity Scale-12 (CSS-12) is the most widely used validated measure to assess cyberchondria.
Ramya Dharshini +3 more
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Cyberchondria in Older Adults and Its Relationship With Cognitive Fusion, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Mental Well-Being: Mediation Analysis [PDF]
JMIR AgingBackgroundCyberchondria is the compulsive searching for health information online that continues despite harmful effects. It leads to increased health anxiety and lower health-related quality of life (HRQOL).
Richard Huan Xu, Vladan Starcevic
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The Age of Cyberchondria [PDF]
, 2012 The internet is a source of valuable medical information. However, it has the potential to increase anxiety in people who have no medical training, when it is employed as a diagnostic procedure.
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