ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2023
Cyberchondria and COVID-19 anxiety and internet addiction among nursing students.
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- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Cyberchondria: A Scoping Review.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2026Article
- Internet addiction among nursing students: application of latent profile analysis and network analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Impact of Cyberchondria on Health and Quality of Life: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Examining the relationships between internet addiction, online health information-seeking behavior and cyberchondria.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Health Literacy and Sociodemographic Determinants of Cyberchondria: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Outpatients of a University Hospital in Turkey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Anxiety in Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The impact of online health information source preference on intolerance to uncertainty and cyberchondria in a youthful generation.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the relationship between cyberchondria and COVID-19 anxiety and internet addiction in nursing students. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 843 students studying in the nursing department of Adnan Menderes University. The mean age of the students was 20.8 ± 1.72 years and 61.2% were female. The Cyberchondria Severity Scale-Short Form, Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, and the Young Internet Addiction Test-Short Form were used to collect data. The study found a positive association between internet addiction, cyberchondria severity, and anxiety about COVID-19. It was found that the anxiety of COVID-19 had a mediating role in the association between internet addiction and cyberchondria severity. It was found that the use of the internet as a source of information on health problems and trusting the health information found had a significant effect on high cyberchondria levels (
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