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. 2023 May 17;25:e39933. doi: 10.2196/39933

Table 5.

The impact of cybervictimization on the management plan of each reported condition.

Category and condition Reported impact
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases

Diabetes mellitus
  • Healthy eating (reported by multiple participants in this category)

  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness (reported by multiple participants in this category)

  • Monitoring at home (eg, blood sugar)

  • Avoiding particular types of food

  • Avoiding smoking

  • Avoiding excessive drinking

  • Exercise and physical activity

  • Regular medications

Mental and behavioral disorders

GADa
  • Other lifestyle changes such as relaxing

  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness

  • Exercise and physical activity


Depression
  • Avoiding smoking

  • Healthy eating (reported by multiple participants in this category)

  • Regular follow-up with GPb

  • Counseling sessions

  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness

  • Regular medications

  • Alternative and complementary medicine (such as herbal treatment, aromatherapy, and acupuncture)

  • Avoiding excessive drinking


Unspecified mental health condition
  • Healthy eating

  • Counseling sessions

  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness

  • Avoiding smoking

  • Exercise and physical activity


Asperger syndrome
  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness


PTSDc
  • Medications on need (over the counter)

  • Regular follow-up with a specialist

  • Regular follow-up with other health care professionals

  • Counseling sessions

  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness

  • Other lifestyle changes

  • Regular medications


Bipolar affective disorder
  • Regular follow-up with other health care professionals

  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness

  • Avoiding excessive drinking

Diseases of the nervous system

MEd
  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness

  • Other lifestyle changes

  • Avoiding excessive drinking


Epilepsy
  • Healthy eating

  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness

  • Medications on need (prescription)


Migraine
  • Healthy eating


Narcolepsy
  • Healthy eating

  • Self-monitoring at home (eg, blood sugar)

  • Avoiding a particular type of food

  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness

  • Avoiding excessive drinking

  • Exercise and physical activity

  • Regular medications


Restless leg syndrome
  • Regular follow-up with GP

  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness

  • Regular medications

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Healthy eating

  • Medications on need (over the counter)

  • Alternative and complementary medicine (such as herbal treatment, aromatherapy, and acupuncture)

  • Other management

  • Avoiding a particular type of food

  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness

  • Exercise and physical activity

  • Other lifestyle changes


Fibromyalgia
  • Healthy eating (reported by multiple participants in this category)

  • Self-monitoring at home (eg, blood sugar)

  • Other management

  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness

  • Other lifestyle changes

  • Regular medications (reported by multiple participants in this category)

  • Medications on need (prescription)

  • Regular follow-up with GP

  • Avoiding a particular type of food

  • Medications on need (prescription)

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Eczema or acne
  • Healthy eating

  • Alternative and complementary medicine (such as herbal treatment, aromatherapy, and acupuncture)

  • Avoiding excessive drinking


Psoriasis
  • Exercise and physical activity (reported by multiple participants in this category)

Diseases of the genitourinary system

Menstrual disorders
  • Healthy eating

  • Regular follow-up with a specialist

  • Counseling sessions

  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness

  • Avoiding smoking

  • Exercise and physical activity

  • Regular medications

Diseases of the circulatory system

Heart disease
  • Regular follow-up with GP (reported by multiple participants in this category)

  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness (reported by multiple participants in this category)

  • Regular medications

Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
  • Medications on need (over the counter)

  • Medications on need (prescription)

  • Alternative and complementary medicine (such as herbal treatment, aromatherapy, and acupuncture)

  • Exercise and physical activity (reported by multiple participants in this category)

  • Counseling sessions

  • Avoiding particular triggers that exacerbate illness (reported by multiple participants in this category)

  • Other lifestyle changes

aGAD: generalized anxiety disorder.

bGP: general practitioner.

cPTSD: posttraumatic stress disorder.

dME: myalgic encephalomyelitis.