Factors predicting desired autonomy in medical decisions: Risk-taking and gambling behaviors:

Health Psychology Open

Erica E Fortune¹ 

关键词: autonomy;    decision-making;    gambling;    regression;    risk-taking;    trust in physicians;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2055102916651267

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC