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Prevalence of Cyberchondria among Outpatients with Metabolic Syndrome in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern India

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Background. In today’s world, Internet‐based medical information plays a significant role in patient education. There are several accessible health‐related websites. It has become common to search Internet before going for a medical consultation. The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of cyberchondriasis and its association ...
Priya Pawar   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Classification Algorithm‐Based fMRI Images for Evaluating the Effect of Yishen Tiaodu Acupuncture on the Recovery Period of Cerebral Infarction

open access: yesComputational Intelligence and Neuroscience, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
This study aimed to explore the application value of multifeature fusion classification algorithm based on deep learning and Yishen Tiaodu acupuncture in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with cerebral infarction in convalescence. Methods. 62 patients with cerebral infarction were randomly classified into the experimental group and the control ...
Zhuo Feng   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining mothers' obsessive and compulsive behaviors regarding baby care, cyberchondria level and maternal burnout in the postpartum period: Path analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Gynaecol Obstet
Abstract Objective To examine the effects of postpartum women's obsessive and compulsive behaviors towards the care of their babies and maternal exhaustion levels on cyberchondria. Methods The study, designed as a cross‐sectional and correlation‐seeking study, included 275 mothers.
Tiryaki Ö   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Empowerment or Engagement? Digital Health Technologies for Mental Healthcare [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
We argue that while digital health technologies (e.g. artificial intelligence, smartphones, and virtual reality) present significant opportunities for improving the delivery of healthcare, key concepts that are used to evaluate and understand their ...
A Nelson   +59 more
core   +1 more source

COVID‐19 information fatigue? A case study of a German university website during two waves of the pandemic

open access: yesHuman Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 350-356, July 2021., 2021
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic has resulted in the ubiquity of health‐related information, disseminated using digital technology. However, recent research suggests that this accessibility of (often negative) information can induce adverse psychological effects, including anxiety, panic‐based hoarding, and other unhealthy behaviors.
Alexander Skulmowski, Bernhard Standl
wiley   +1 more source

Manifesto for a European research network into Problematic Usage of the Internet [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.The Internet is now all-pervasive across much of the globe. While it has positive uses (e.g.
Billieux, J   +25 more
core   +11 more sources

The Doctor Is In(ternet): The Mediating Role of Health Anxiety in the Relationship between Somatic Symptoms and Cyberchondria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Cyberchondria is a dysfunctional behavioral pattern characterized by an excessive and anxiety-amplifying engagement in searching for reassuring health information on the Internet.
Cavallo J.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Adverse Psychological Effects to Deep Brain Stimulation: Overturning the Question [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Our invited contribution is a response to Mecacci, G., and W. F. G. Haselager. 2014. Stimulating the self: The influence of conceptual frameworks on reactions to deep brain stimulation.
Moratti, Sofia, Patterson, Dennis
core   +1 more source

Cyberchondria, but not preventive behavior, mediates the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and somatic burden: Evidence from Russia

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
BackgroundThere is extensive available research on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 pandemic and physical symptoms. This study was the first to examine the cyberchondria and COVID-19 preventive behavior as mediators of this relationship.MethodsA
Alena Zolotareva
doaj   +1 more source

The pathways from online health information seeking to cyberchondria: A perspective from moderated mediation

open access: yesPsychiatry Research Communications, 2022
This study explores a theoretical framework evaluating the antecedents of cyberchondria. In doing so, we not only examined perceived severity as an intervening factor through which online health information seeking (OHIS) may influence cyberchondria but ...
Rifat Afrin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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