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Conceptualizations of Cyberchondria and Relations to the Anxiety Spectrum: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
BackgroundCyberchondria describes the detrimental effects of health-related internet use. Current conceptualizations agree that cyberchondria is associated with anxiety-related pathologies and may best be conceptualized as a ...
Sandra K Schenkel, Stefanie M Jungmann, Maria Gropalis, Michael Witthöft   +3 more
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The Role Of Cyberchondria In Mediating Health Anxiety, Fears And Obsessions Among Students Of Private Medical Colleges Sargodha

Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College
Objective: 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 , Adnan Afzal, Muhammad Afzal, Sundas Ahmad, Bilal Habib, Amina Iqbal   +5 more
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Prevalence and predictors of cyberchondria and depression amid COVID-19 pandemic in adult population of Uttar Pradesh, India

Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2022
Background and Aim: COVID-19 pandemic and related measures of containment such as lockdown led to heavy reliance on Internet for education and leisure activities.
Saumya P Srivastava, Surya Kant Tiwari, Monika Negi   +2 more
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Coping and Cyberchondria in a Pandemic: A Study on Young Adults

Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour, 2023
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant increase in online health information-seeking (HIS) behavior, leading to increased levels of psychological distress.
Kathryn Nicole Sam, P Nupur Jain, H B Arpitha, Tanvi Raghuram, Advaith Jaikumar, Rituparna Chakraborty, Santhosh Kareepadath Rajan   +6 more
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THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH PERCEPTION ON CYBERCHONDRIA BEHAVIOR

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Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of individual health perception on cyberchondria tendency and to identify differences in individual health perception and cyberchondria tendency according to various demographic variables ...
Mustafa Filiz, Yalçın Karagöz
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Cyberchondria and COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2020
The new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which belongs to a group of families of viruses, was found in Wuhan, China, on December 29, 2019 and became a highly contagious disease. This unknown disease was introduced with symptoms of fever, cough, myalgia, fatigue, diarrhea, vomiting, hemoptysis, shortness of breath, severe bilateral lung infiltrates, arrhythmia,
Kavi, Esmaeil, Bazrafshan, Mohammad-Rafi
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Psychological Impact Analysis on Adolescents with Cyberchondria: a Literature Review

Psychocentrum Review, 2023
The development of information and communication technology has led teenagers to use gadgets and the internet for prolonged periods of time. Besides being used as a means of entertainment and communication, teenagers nowadays tend to search for health ...
Henny Indreswari, Shabrina Muyassirotul 'Aliyah, Achmad Miftachul 'Ilmi, Khairul Bariyyah   +3 more
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Cyberchondria During the Coronavirus Pandemic: The Effects of Neuroticism and Optimism

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
Health anxiety during the current coronavirus pandemic can be a serious psychological issue, amplified by the medical uncertainty around this disease and social isolation.
Alexandra Maftei, Andrei Corneliu Holman
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Cyberchondria and its measurement. The Polish adaptation and psychometric properties of the Cyberchondria Severity Scale CSS-PL

Psychiatria Polska, 2019
Cel pracyCelem artykułu jest przedstawienie procesu adaptacji testu do pomiaru cyberchondrii (Cyberchondria Severity Scale, CSS) do warunków polskich, jak i weryfikacja wybranych miar rzetelności narzędzia i trafności teoretycznej testu.MetodaUczestnikami badania było 380 osób (203 kobiet i 177 mężczyzn) w wieku od 19 do 68 lat, (M = 26,5; SD = 11,1 ...
Beata, Bajcar, Jolanta, Babiak, Agnieszka, Olchowska-Kotala   +2 more
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Hubungan Health Anxiety dan Cyberchondria: Sebuah Tinjauan Literatur Naratif

Buletin Riset Psikologi dan Kesehatan Mental
Cyberchondria didefinisikan sebagai pencarian berlebihan atau berulang untuk informasi terkait kesehatan di internet yang mengakibatkan tekanan dan/atau kecemasan.
Putu Angita Gayatri, Atika Dian Ariana
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