Factors predicting desired autonomy in medical decisions: Risk-taking and gambling behaviors.
Health Psychol Open
; 3(1): 2055102916651267, 2016 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
This study investigated factors that influence patients' desired level of autonomy in medical decisions. Analyses included previously supported demographic variables in addition to risk-taking and gambling behaviors, which exhibit a strong relationship with overall health and decision-making, but have not been investigated in conjunction with medical autonomy. Participants (N = 203) completed measures on Amazon's Mechanical Turk, including two measures of autonomy. Two hierarchical regressions revealed that the predictors explained a significant amount of variance for both measures, but the contribution of predictor variables was incongruent between models. Possible causes for this incongruence and implications for patient-physician interactions are discussed.
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Health Psychol Open
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2016
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Estados Unidos