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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

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

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

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

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

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

The mediating role of rumination between stress appraisal and cyberchondria

open access: yesActa Psychologica, 2023
Cyberchondria, defined as excessive concern about one's health and looking for solutions to health problems on the Internet, is becoming increasingly common.
Agata Błachnio   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Book Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Elias Aboujaoude and Vladan Starcevic (Eds.) Mental Health in the Digital Age: Grave Dangers, Great Promise, Oxford University Press: New York, NY, 2015, 277 pp. ISBN: 978-0-19-938018-
Zsila, Ágnes
core   +1 more source

Cyberchondria in the age of COVID-19

open access: yesPLOS ONE, 2020
The global epidemic of (mis)information, spreading rapidly via social media platforms and other outlets, can be a risk factor for the development of anxiety disorders among vulnerable individuals. Cyberchondria can be a vulnerability factor for developing anxiety in a pandemic situation, particularly when the Internet is flooded with (mis)information ...
Natasa Jokic-Begic   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

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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