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Риски онлайн-поиска информации о здоровье: адаптация шкалы OHISS на российской выборке
The development of the Internet, along with the improvement of patients' digital skills, makes them competent in some matters of medical care. The purpose of this study was to describe the portrait of a typical Russian user searching for information on the Internet about his health, as well as the adaptation of the "Online Health Information Search Scale" methodology on a Russian-speaking sample with the establishment of relationships with such cyber phenomena as mind scrolling and cyberchondria. In an all-Russian online survey conducted using the service Toloka.AI , 1,025 people took part (M = 37.9). The toolkit included the following questionnaires: The Online Health Information Seeking Scale (OHISS), which evaluates the frequency of Internet use in order to search for medical information [Zhu et al., 2023]; the Doomscrolling Scale (DS) [Sharma et al., 2022; Maksimenko et al., 2022]; the Cyberchondria Scale [Barke et al., 2016; Deyneka et al., 2023], as well as the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) [Andreassen et al., 2012; Shubin, 2020]. The data analysis was carried out in the Jamovi 2.3.21 program. OHISS indicators were statistically significantly positively correlated with indicators of doomscrolling, cyberchondria and dependence on social networks. The online search for health information was not related to the age of the respondents, their income level and education level. Women, respondents who are married and separated, and respondents who consider themselves to be quite religious were exposed to more frequent online searches for health information. Empirical data obtained using the Online Health Information Search Scale allow us to consider the adapted scale as a psychometrically sound diagnostic tool and recommend it for solving practical and research tasks.