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Prescription drug brand Web sites: Guidance where none exists [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper applies insights from linguistics and discourse analysis to prescription drug brand Web sites, with special reference to the 100 top-selling drugs.
Lewis Glinert, Ph.D
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An exploration of determinants of cyberchondria: A moderated mediation analysis [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2020
AbstractCyberchondria describes excessive or repeated health‐related information seeking on the Internet that is associated with increased emotional distress. Research on cyberchondria is still nascent. This study aims to propose a moderated mediation model to examine the relationships among intolerance of uncertainty, affective responses, e‐health ...
Han Zheng 0001   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Health Literacy and Cyberchondria Levels in Healthcare Workers and Their Relationship with Body Awareness and Physical Activity

open access: yesHaseki Tıp Bülteni, 2022
Aim:The level of health literacy and cyberchondria of healthcare providers can affect service beneficiaries, and the influence of health literacy and cyberchondria on physical activity and body awareness remains unclear.
Raziye Savkin, Izgi Guven, Nihal Buker
doaj   +1 more source

Research on the Domestic and Foreign Progress and Trend of Cyberchondria [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Cyberchondria is an emerging risk in the Internet age. It causes a serious threat to public health and the social environment. At present, the domestic and foreign related studies are in the initial stage, so few of systematic review and summary are ...
Haibin Wu, Mingyue Fan
doaj   +1 more source

Munchausen by internet: current research and future directions. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Internet has revolutionized the health world, enabling self-diagnosis and online support to take place irrespective of time or location. Alongside the positive aspects for an individual's health from making use of the Internet, debate has intensified
Alinejad, NA   +28 more
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Hierarchical factor structure of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale short form (IUS-12) in the Italian version [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Despite widespread use, few translations are available for the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale short form (IUS-12) as well as limited research on its psychometric properties in Italy. Moreover, recent evidence has suggested a multifaceted hierarchical
Carleton, R. Nicholas   +2 more
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A review on online health search behavior (cyberchondria) [PDF]

open access: yesKlinik Psikoloji Dergisi, 2021
The internet has negative effects on people’s physical and mental health. Cyberchondria has been defined as the behavior of people to obtain information about their health online in an excessive and repetitive way.
Erdi Bahadır
doaj   +1 more source

Cyberchondria among Filipino teacher education students [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The internet-dense ecosystem has dramatically influenced the health-seeking behaviors of various population groups, including education students. Exposure to massive and readily accessible online health information increases health anxiety resulting in ...
Dalisay, Jill   +2 more
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Exploring cyberchondria and its associations in dental students amid COVID-19 infodemic

open access: yesIndustrial Psychiatry Journal, 2020
Background: Adverse psychological effect of pandemic includes not only increased levels of stress, anxiety, and depression but also cyberchondria - the problematic online health research behavior.
B Shailaja   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coronavirus anxiety and cyberchondria among undergraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A cross-sectional study

open access: yesMedical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2022
Background: Despite widespread rise in anxiety due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a paucity of studies of coronavirus anxiety and cyberchondria, which is searching for more health-related information, among medical students. Aim: The aim of the study
D Sravani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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