2016
DOI: 10.1590/2237-6089-2015-0063
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Abstract: Introduction:The internet has proven to be a valuable resource for self-care, allowing access to information and promoting interaction between professionals, caregivers, users of health care services and people interested in health information. However, recurring searches are often related to excessive health anxiety and a phenomenon known as cyberchondria can have impacts on physical and mental health. Within this background, a Cyberchondria Severity Scale has been developed to differentiate healthy and unhea… Show more

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“…They provided only brief detail on the item generation process, stating that they were developed based on a review of existing literature. In addition to the original English version, German (Barke et al, 2016), Turkish (Selvi, Turan, Sayin, Boysan, & Kandeger, 2018), and Brazilian Portuguese (da Silva, Andrade, Silva, & Cardoso, 2016) translations have been published, but fewer psychometric data are available for these versions.…”
Section: | Review Of the Empirical Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…They provided only brief detail on the item generation process, stating that they were developed based on a review of existing literature. In addition to the original English version, German (Barke et al, 2016), Turkish (Selvi, Turan, Sayin, Boysan, & Kandeger, 2018), and Brazilian Portuguese (da Silva, Andrade, Silva, & Cardoso, 2016) translations have been published, but fewer psychometric data are available for these versions.…”
Section: | Review Of the Empirical Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, the corresponding articles have not been included in the present systematic review. Still, it should be noted that the CSS has been translated into Brazilian Portuguese [22] and that Indonesian version of the CSS was used in one study [23]. The CSS was also used in published studies conducted in Pakistan [24,25], India [26,27] and Sri Lanka [28].…”
Section: Other Translations Of the Cyberchondria Severity Scalementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The CSS has become the most internationally used instrument to evaluate cyberchondria and has been translated into several languages such as Italian [ 81 ] and Portuguese [ 82 ]. Moreover, the CSS psychometric properties have been tested in Polish [ 28 ], German [ 83 ], and Turkish [ 84 , 85 ] versions.…”
Section: Cyberchondriamentioning
confidence: 99%