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Cyberchondria in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cyberchondria in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nataša Jokić-Begić, Branka Bagarić
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781799886303|ISBN10: 1799886301|EISBN13: 9781799886327
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8630-3.ch010
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Jokić-Begić, Nataša, and Branka Bagarić. "Cyberchondria in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic." Handbook of Research on Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and the Role of Media in Society’s Perception of Medical Information, edited by Hacer Aker and Mary Aiken, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 173-194. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8630-3.ch010

APA

Jokić-Begić, N. & Bagarić, B. (2022). Cyberchondria in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic. In H. Aker & M. Aiken (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and the Role of Media in Society’s Perception of Medical Information (pp. 173-194). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8630-3.ch010

Chicago

Jokić-Begić, Nataša, and Branka Bagarić. "Cyberchondria in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic." In Handbook of Research on Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and the Role of Media in Society’s Perception of Medical Information, edited by Hacer Aker and Mary Aiken, 173-194. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8630-3.ch010

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Abstract

The appearance of a new and unknown disease, COVID-19, provides a fertile ground for the rise of cyberchondria, an excessive online searching about coronavirus transmission, COVID-19 symptoms, and its long-term health-related effects, which is followed by more anxiety. The purpose of this chapter is to review and discuss new findings on cyberchondria in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This chapter presents research findings on aspects of the pandemic which may give rise to cyberchondria, potential risk factors for cyberchondria during the pandemic, the role of cyberchondria in the development of pathological anxiety in the pandemic period with an emphasis on health anxiety and OCD, and possible impacts of seasonality of the pandemic on cyberchondria. Finally, this chapter discusses possible treatment options for cyberchondria in the time of the pandemic.

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