“Dr. Google” consultation and health anxiety among primary healthcare patients: The mediation effect of health literacy
Cyberchondria is interrelated with other variables such as demographic characteristics and behavioral patterns. They highlighted the significance of interventions directed at enhancing health literacy to curtail cyberchondria and reduce health anxiety. The present findings suggest that cyberchondria manifests in many different ways, making it a complex phenomenon. It also helps us to understand how the patient may become an active partner rather than a passive recipient in his/her own care.
Authors
- Petelyne Pangket (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6370-0739)
- Ferdinand Gonzales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5006-7682)
- Reem Humaidi Alalawi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8255-3527)
- Sumathi Robert Shanmugam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8512-2132)
- Lizy Sonia Benjamin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2373-5021)
- Eddieson Astodello Pasay-an (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1257-3175)
- Salman Amish Alshammari
- Romeo Mostoles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7151-3151)
- Sameer Abdulmalik Alkubati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8538-5250)
- Nojoud Abdullah Alrashidi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4729-7481)
- Lailani Sacgaca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8242-3813)
- Maha Sanat Alreshidi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4284-6675)
Institutions
- Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (SA)
- Taif University (SA)
- University of Ha'il (SA)
- King Khaled Hospital (SA)
- King Khalid University (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325791
- Primary Topic
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00