ArticleHeliyon2023
Exploring associations between eHealth literacy, cyberchondria, online health information seeking and sleep quality among university students: A cross-section study.
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- Health Literacy and Sociodemographic Determinants of Cyberchondria: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Outpatients of a University Hospital in Turkey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Enhancing health literacy and academic success through virtual reality in medical imaging education.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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- The Complex Interaction Between Sleep-Related Information, Misinformation, and Sleep Health: Call for Comprehensive Research on Sleep Infodemiology and Infoveillance.JMIR infodemiology · 2024Article
- Cyberchondria severity and utilization of health services in Polish society: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The relationship between e-Health literacy and cyberchondria in Iranian students of health sciences.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Factors associated with sleep disorders among university students in Jiangsu Province: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: University students are increasingly inclined to use the Internet for health-related purposes, and their sleep problems are becoming increasingly prominent. Currently, the relationship between sleep quality and online health-related searches is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to exam the associations of sleep quality, Internet use, eHealth literacy, online health information seeking and cyberchondria in the sample of Chinese university students. Methods: A total of 2744 students completed self-reported questionnaires online containing the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), eHealth Literacy Scale, Online Health Information Seeking, Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS) and questions regarding sleep duration, Internet use, health status, and demographic information. Results: The prevalence of poor sleep quality (PSQI >7) among the university students was 19.9% and 15.6% students slept less than 7 h per day. As time spent on online daily and playing phone before bed increased, the prevalence of sleep disturbance gained. Sleep disturbance was significantly associated with cyberchondria (OR = 1.545, Conclusion: Our findings highlighted poor health status, too much time spent on online daily and high cyberchondria level might decrease sleep quality in the sample of Chinese university students, further suggesting the need for developing interventions based on online health-related searches for improving sleep quality among university students.
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