Online Medical Information Seeking in the context of THE CYBERCHONDRIA: A Validated Questionnaire Study with Health Sciences Students

Pınar Pektekin; Hasan Kerem Alptekin; Orhan Babuccu

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2017

Online Medical Information Seeking in the context of THE CYBERCHONDRIA: A Validated Questionnaire Study with Health Sciences Students

P Nar Pektekin, Hasan Kerem Alptekin, Orhan Babuccu

Abstract :

Cyberchondria can be defined as a disease in which individuals make research and diagnose themselves by using information technology in relation to their level of anxiety and concern about their health status. They even convert these symptoms to diagnosis, even without consulting a doctor, and they are able to search for therapeutic methods of these diseases and apply therapeutic methods. In this study, cyberchondria research was conducted on health sciences students. Students participating in the study are nursing, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, nutrition and dietetics, child development, health management departments of health sciences faculty and vocational college students in health services. The scale for the research was developed by researchers. A total of 439 students completed the questionnaire with validity / reliability analysis and pilot study. The collected questionnaires were subjected to factor analysis and other analyzes in the SPSS program and the results were presented. It was added to the discussion in terms of publications to shed light on future work.