Help for Cyberchondria Research

[Mackenzie Rae]

Hello!
I've never actually posted in a forum before so here we go-
I was diagnosed with Health Anxiety about a year ago when I was put in the hospital 3 times for debilitating pain, and it went so far that I even had a colonoscopy.
I am currently a senior at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and I need a few participants for research I am doing.
I am studying how people with cyberchondria navigate the internet, (For my research I define cyberchondria as obsessive internet research on health information that does not make the person feel better) and I need a few people to interview about this.
The interview would be mostly about what the searching process online is and possibly allowing me to look at recent search history (screenshot is ok).

This interview will be done over email (since I have anxiety myself, talking is difficult) and take place within the next few weeks. I only need about 5 people since this is an interview and not a survey.

If this sounds like something you're interested in please contact me at marrowmr@lopers.unk.edu or ask any questions here if you have them.

Thank you,
Mackenzie Marrow

 

[janemariesayed]

Hello!
I've never actually posted in a forum before so here we go-
I was diagnosed with Health Anxiety about a year ago when I was put in the hospital 3 times for debilitating pain, and it went so far that I even had a colonoscopy.
I am currently a senior at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and I need a few participants for research I am doing.
I am studying how people with cyberchondria navigate the internet, (For my research I define cyberchondria as obsessive internet research on health information that does not make the person feel better) and I need a few people to interview about this.
The interview would be mostly about what the searching process online is and possibly allowing me to look at recent search history (screenshot is ok).

This interview will be done over email (since I have anxiety myself, talking is difficult) and take place within the next few weeks. I only need about 5 people since this is an interview and not a survey.

If this sounds like something you're interested in please contact me at marrowmr@lopers.unk.edu or ask any questions here if you have them.

Thank you,
Mackenzie Marrow

Hi Mackenzie. Good luck with your project, I think you will find a few on this forum who have health anxiety that may like to join in. I don't suffer from cyberchondria myself. Thankfully that isn't where my anxieties lay.