Abstract
Cyberchondria is an emerging risk in the Internet age. It causes a serious threat to public health and the social environment. At present, the domestic and foreign related studies are in the initial stage, so few of systematic review and summary are shown. Based on the core collection database of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Web of Science (WOS) as the data source, this paper uses CiteSpace to explore the domestic and foreign research developments and hotspots in the field of cyberchondria. By comparing and summarizing the domestic and overseas research status and hot spots of cyberchondria, this paper puts forward the research direction of cyberchondria in the future, in order to promote the further development of related research.
Highlights
The 46th Statistical Report on the Development Status of China's Internet [1] pointed out that as of June 2020, the scale of online medical users in China reached 276 million, accounting for 29.4% of the total number of Internet users
The rapid development of the Internet era has led to the emergence of social problems based on the Internet, and cyberchondria is an emerging research area in this context
With the help of CiteSpace software, we conducted a visual econometric analysis of the literature related to cyberchondria included in China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and WoS during 2003-2020, and the following conclusions were obtained
Summary
The 46th Statistical Report on the Development Status of China's Internet [1] pointed out that as of June 2020, the scale of online medical users in China reached 276 million, accounting for 29.4% of the total number of Internet users. With the increase in the number of Internet users, the problem of online health information search has come with the gradual increase in the number of patients with cyberchondria. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a large amount of unconfirmed news was scattered on the Internet, which intensified people's concern about their health problems. Paranoid, and the resulting strained doctor-patient relationship have posed a serious threat to public health and the social environment. As an "emerging risk" in the Internet era, it is necessary to review and summarize the current state of research domestic and abroad, which is important to further promote research and introduce effective interventions and treatment measures for cyberchondria in the future
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