United Kingdom, June 26 -- Rita Ora developed hypochondria after her mother's breast cancer diagnosis.

The 34-year-old singer was just 13 in 2005 when he mother Vera was diagnosed with the disease and witnesses the health battle - which included a partial mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation - resulted in Rita developing anxiety about her own wellbeing.

She told Davina McCall's Begin Again podcast: "It's insane the ratings and the percentages of breast cancer and that definitely got me worried and checked and going to get my checks regularly and and it kind of trickled into my own health I guess because I was definitely seeing the whole experience with my mother.

"I definitely wanted to be there for her so I didn't realise actually t...