ArticleJournal of oral & facial pain and headache2025
Targeted online health information was associated with more severe temporomandibular disorders.
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- Temporomandibular disorder as an indicator of altered physiological stress reactivity: a highly standardized experimental protocol.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Cyberchondria and complexity: a systems-level exploration of anxiety and informational instability in the digital age.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
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backgroundTemporomandibular disorders (TMDs) are typical biopsychosocial conditions often accompanied by anxiety, somatization and even cyberchondria. Targeted online health information is increasingly prominent in digital era yet its psychological impact on TMDs remains underexplored. To examine the association between targeted online health information and TMDs severity, and to explore whether anxiety, cyberchondria and somatization mediate this relationship.
methodsParticipants were evaluated using questionnaires including the five TMDs symptoms (TMDs-5T) scale, 7-item Generalised Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7), short-form version of the cyberchondria severity scale (CSS-12) and somatic symptom scale-8 (SSS-8). Data on targeted online health information, search frequency and perceived impact were also collected. Analyses were conducted using SPSS and Mplus.
resultsA total of 588 valid responses were analyzed. Greater TMDs severity was significantly associated with targeted online health information delivery (β = 1.373,
conclusionsExposure to targeted online health information was associated with greater TMD symptom severity, mediated by psychological factors such as somatization, anxiety, and cyberchondria. These findings underscore the importance of algorithmic ethics, policy oversight, and user education to mitigate psychological risks in digital health environments.
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