The COVID-19 pandemic has raised the rate of health-related internet use, particularly among teachers. Loads of various information about Covid-19 symptoms are available that teachers can easily access, some of which come from unreliable and unverified sources that can worsen their perception of their symptoms and affect their health behavior. Thus, this study aimed to investigate and assess the senior high school teachers' health behavior due to compulsive health-related internet use amidst the pandemic. The researchers used a descriptive quantitative research design to in-depth analyze the acquired data and information. They also used purposive sampling to select the Senior High School teachers of the University of Saint Louis Tuguegarao and gathered the needed data using a survey questionnaire. This study made used descriptive statistics to describe the health behavior of the respondents and an Independent Sample T-test to test the significant difference in their health behavior based on their profile. The results revealed that due to the compulsiveness of searching online health information Senior High School teachers were having no significant differences in terms of their demographic profile of age and highest educational attainment. While on the other hand, in terms of the profile variable of sex, the null hypothesis was rejected implying a significant difference among the male and female Senior High School Teachers. The researchers have concluded that the health behavior of the respondents having different means of effects of compulsive health-related internet use to the health behavior of male and female. Furthermore, the study highlighted the need for more research, specifically a qualitative one, regarding the effects of compulsive health-related internet use with a wider range of sample and respondents to validate the results of the study.
health behavior, Internet, cyberchondria
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