Health anxiety among medical and non-medical university students in Palestine: associations with intolerance of uncertainty, daily phone use, and field of study
Ahmad Fasfoos·Ahmad Ahmoud·Tasneem Haytham·Saja Aljunaidi·Janaa Issa·Amro K. Al-Manasrah·Islam Jadallah·Muhammad Suliman Sunkrot·Mai Hoshieh·Ahmad H. Id’eas
Abstract Background Medical student syndrome (MSS) is commonly used to describe illness-related anxiety in academic settings, particularly anxiety linked to exposure to disease-related information. However, it remains unclear whether elevated health anxiety is actually more common among medical students than among students in other fields. This study examined SHAI-defined elevated health anxiety among university students in Palestine and assessed its associations with intolerance of uncertainty,