Increasing the reliability of health information on internet

Kothari, Mihir; Parab, Snehanka G

doi:10.4103/ijo.ijo_916_17

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“…As per internet penetration rate in India (2007India ( -2021 half of total population had access to the internet. India emerged as 2 nd in the list of active users of the internet globally as per the report [1,35]. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic mandated lockdown and social-withdrawal contributed to a significant surge of internet-usage to 61% in 2021 as per recent survey.…”

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Role of Problematic Internet Use and Cognitive Overload in Cyberchondria among Adult IT Professionals

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2023

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The present study was conducted to explore the role of problematic internet use and cognitive overload in cyberchondria among adult professionals working in IT, media & advertising sectors. A sample of 203 (118 men, 78 women) was drawn by mens of purposive sampling. The severity of cyberchondria was assessed by using cyberchondria severity scale, problematic internet use by scale and cognitive overload by information overload questionnaire. The significance of the hypotheses was analyzed using Spearman correlation coefficient analysis, Mann Whitney test U test. Results revealed both problematic internet use and cognitive overload was positively correlated with cyberchondria. Furthermore, cyberchondria showed a significant difference between males and females in which females had a higher level of cyberchondria and were more likely to experience health related symptoms than males.

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Role of Problematic Internet Use and Cognitive Overload in Cyberchondria among Adult IT Professionals

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2023

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Increasing the reliability of health information on internet

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Role of Problematic Internet Use and Cognitive Overload in Cyberchondria among Adult IT Professionals

Role of Problematic Internet Use and Cognitive Overload in Cyberchondria among Adult IT Professionals

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