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Defensive Functioning and Cyberchondria During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of COVID-19-Related Fears

Advances in Public Health
Cyberchondria refers to excessive engagement in searching for health information on the Internet, leading to increased levels of anxiety. Previous research has shown that COVID-19-related fears were associated with increased cyberchondria during the ...
Gianluca Santoro, Giulia Bassi, Elisa Mancinelli, Michele Montecalvo, Lidia Borghi, Christian Franceschini, Alessandro Musetti   +6 more
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Is cyberchondria specific to hypochondriasis?

Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Cyberchondria (i.e., excessive health-related Internet search linked to psychological distress) is usually associated with health anxiety, but relationships with other psychopathological symptoms were also found. However, studies are lacking in patients with hypochondriasis, and it remains unclear whether cyberchondria and its subfacets are specific to
Jungmann, Stefanie M., Gropalis, Maria, Schenkel, Sandra K., Witthöft, Michael   +3 more
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Research and Evaluation of a Cyberchondria Severity Scale in a Chinese Context

Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 2023
Dawei Wang,1 Lingchao Sun,1 Yunru Shao,1 Xiaoyan Zhang,1 Phil Maguire,2 Yixin Hu1 1School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Ji’nan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Computer Science, National University of Ireland, Galway ...
Wang D, Sun L, Shao Y, Zhang X, Maguire P, Hu Y   +5 more
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The relationship between cyberchondria and health literacy among first-year nursing students: the mediating effect of health anxiety

BMC Nursing
Background First-year nursing students are at a critical juncture in their education. They are transitioning from laypersons to healthcare professionals, and students are frequently exposed to medical information in academic settings and through personal
Samira Saad Ali, Nourhan Essam Hendawi, Ayman Mohamed El-Ashry, Manal Saeed Mohammed   +3 more
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Cyberchondria: A Review

Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2019
İnternet tıbbi bilgilerin büyük bir kısmına insanların erişimini sağlayan önemli bir sağlık bilgi kaynağı haline gelmiştir. Siberkondria, hipokondriyazın dijital bir versiyonu olan, bir kişinin sağlığına ilişkin kaygı ile beslenen ve bu belirli kaygıyı güçlendiren çevrimiçi sağlıkla ilgili bilgi arayışı olarak tanımlanmaktadır.
ERDOĞAN, Ali, HOCAOGLU, Cicek
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Psychological Flexibility and Cyberchondria: Moderating Effect of COVID-19 Anxiety [PDF]

Taḥqīqāt-i ̒Ulūm-i Raftārī
Aim and Background: In addition to inflicting distress and functional impairment, the Cyberchondria phenomenon could cause a heavy burden to healthcare professionals by increasing in number of visitors to hospitals and medical centers.
Mehrdad Pourshahbazi, Mahdi Imani, Mahdi reza Sarafraz, Mohammad ali Goodarzi   +3 more
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Exploring how health-related advertising interference contributes to the development of cyberchondria: A stressor–strain–outcome approach

Digital Health
Objectives Cyberchondria is increasingly recognized as the dark side of digital health, given the pervasive use of the internet as a main source of health information in people's daily lives.
Xinmiao Zhang, Han Zheng, Yueliang Zeng, Jiayi Zou, Lin Zhao   +4 more
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Cyberchondria and the surgeon

The Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
We explore the myriad impacts of patient cyberchondria on a surgeon's practice and wellbeing and how to address this phenomenon.
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Cyberchondria severity and utilization of health services in Polish society: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
Background It has been suggested that cyberchondria leads to increased utilization of healthcare services. Unfortunately, not many studies have analyzed this effect comprehensively.
Mateusz Kobryn, Mariusz Duplaga
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REVIEW ON ONLINE HEALTH SEARCH BEHAVIOR (CYBERCHONDRIA)

Klinik Psikoloji Dergisi, 2020
İnternetin kişilerin fiziksel ve ruhsal sağlıkları üzerinde olumsuz etkileri bulunmaktadır. Siberkondri, kişilerin çevrimiçi ortamda sağlıkları ile ilgili aşırı ve tekrarlayan şekilde bilgi edinme davranışı olarak tanımlanmıştır. Önemli bir sorun olarak siberkondri, psikoloji alanyazınında son yıllarda incelenmektedir.
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