Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2023.418

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEAR OF COVID-19 AND LEVELS OF CYBERCHONDRIA AND EVALUATION OF AFFECTING FACTORS

Sultan Esra Sayar ; Dr., Department of Midwifery, Ataturk University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Erzurum, Turkey
Zehra Demet Ust Tasgin ; Dr., Department of Midwifery, Ataturk University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Erzurum, Turkey
Gülsüm Gundogdu ; Dr., Department of Midwifery, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Erzurum, Turkey

Abstract

Background: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic exceeds the level of anxiety in some subjects and turns into fear,
which causes an increase in the level of cyberchondria. This study was conducted the relationship between fear of covid-19 and levels
of cyberchondria and evaluation of affecting factors.
Subject and Methods: This research, which was planned as a descriptive-correlational study, was carried out with 311 volunteers
aged 18-65 years, who could be reached through Google Forms.
Results: It has been found that cyberchondria and fear of COVID-19 are affected by stataments containing some sociodemographic
and medical histories of subjects’. Fear of coronavirus significantly and positively predicted cyberchondria (β=0.37, p<0.001).
Conclusions: As a result of the study, it was determined that subjects’ cyberchondria levels increased together with their fear of
COVID-19.

Keywords

COVID-19; Fear; Cyberchondria

Hrčak ID:

310670

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/310670

Publication date:

25.10.2023.

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