The effect of cyberchondria on anxiety and surgical fear levels in surgical oncology patients

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dc.contributor.authorPolat, Hatice
dc.contributor.authorKapikiran, Gurkan
dc.contributor.authorKartal, Mert
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-19T06:40:59Z
dc.date.available2026-06-19T06:40:59Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentMalatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study was conducted to examine the relationship between cyberchondria, surgical fear and anxiety in patients undergoing oncological surgery. This descriptive study was conducted with 163 patients in the general surgery clinics of a university hospital in T & uuml;rkiye between January and December 2023. The study revealed that mean total scores of cyberchondria, surgical fear and anxiety scales were moderate with values of 39.87 +/- 12.66, 45.84 +/- 19.80, and 28.83 +/- 11.76, respectively. A moderately significant positive correlation was observed between cyberchondria and surgical fear and anxiety levels (r:0.688, and r:0.684; p = 0.000, respectively), while a strongly significant positive relationship was found between surgical fear and anxiety levels (r: 0.759, p = 0.000). The results also demonstrated that 47% of patients' fear of surgery could be attributed to the independent variable of cyberchondria (R2: 0.470). The results demonstrated that 46% of the variance in anxiety levels could be attributed to the cyberchondria independent variable (R2: 0.468). The pervasive use of the internet has given rise to a growing tendency among individuals to seek disease-related information online. The study found that the patients exhibited moderate levels of cyberchondria, with an increase in the tendency corresponding to an increase in surgical fear and anxiety. It is recommended that healthcare professionals share detailed information with patients in a way that does not encourage them to engage in excessive online medical research and allocate sufficient time to patients to alleviate their surgical anxiety and fear.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK)
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen access funding provided by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUBITAK).
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12144-025-07639-9
dc.identifier.endpage6540
dc.identifier.issn1046-1310
dc.identifier.issn1936-4733
dc.identifier.issue7
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0001-7840-7554
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-3242-1059
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-86000722750
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage6531
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-07639-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12899/6019
dc.identifier.volume44
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001441612800001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofCurrent Psychology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20260612
dc.subjectSurgical Oncology
dc.subjectCyberchondria
dc.subjectAnxiety
dc.subjectSurgical Fear
dc.titleThe effect of cyberchondria on anxiety and surgical fear levels in surgical oncology patients
dc.typeArticle

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