Investigation of the effect of cyberchondria behavior on e-health literacy in healthcare workers

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effects of nurses’ and other healthcare workers’ perceptions of cyberchondria on e-health literacy. No sample was selected in the research, and a total of 220 people were surveyed. According to the result of the regression analysis, the perception of cyberchondria explains 12.4% of the total variance on e-health literacy. Based on the findings of the research, it can be said that the increase in the perception of the participants about the excessiveness dimension increases the levels of e-health literacy statistically.

Keywords:

• Cyberchondria
• e-health literacy
• hospital

Additional information

Funding

This study received no funding.