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Online health research and health anxiety: A systematic review and conceptual integration.

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Brown, Richard J., Skelly, Niamh, Chew-Graham, Carolyn A.·2020·Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
DOI 10.1111/cpsp.12299
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Abstract

Using the Internet to obtain health information (“online health research”, OHR) is commonplace. This paper provides a systematic narrative review of evidence concerning the relationship between OHR and health anxiety. We conclude that health anxiety is associated with more frequent self-reported OHR, heightened distress after OHR, and increased doctor visits post-OHR. Evidence suggests that OHR often has a reassurance seeking function and can relieve anxiety, but that it can also cause alarm and become a distressing, compulsive behaviour. We present a novel model that integrates these perspectives and existing research within a single explanatory framework that distinguishes between problematic OHR and compulsive OHR and describes the role of positive and negative metacognitions in their respective development.

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Authors
Brown, R. J., Skelly, N., & Chew-Graham, C. A.
Affiliations
  • Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
  • NHS Lanarkshire (GB)
  • Keele University (GB)
ORCID
Venue
Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2020-06
Volume
27
Issue
2
ISSN
  • 0969-5893 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-2850
DOI
10.1111/cpsp.12299
OpenAlex
W2950501406
Cited by
140
References
79
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 11
FWCI
2.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Clinical Psychology Science and Practice (publishedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
Keywords
health anxiety, health information seeking, reassurance seeking, metacognition, physician visits, conceptual blending

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