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Probability Discounting and Cardiovascular Risk: The Effect of Side-Effect Severity and Framing
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posted on 2022-05-29, 21:33 authored by R Asgarova, Anne MacaskillAnne Macaskill, Brian RobinsonBrian Robinson, Maree HuntMaree HuntAn expectation of healthcare delivery is that patients can make informed decisions about whether and how to treat chronic health conditions. Decisions are complex because treatment is not always 100% effective and side effects can occur without a beneficial outcome. It is important, therefore, to understand the drivers of individual choices about whether to accept a treatment, particularly, how people respond to the probabilities of being well or unwell with or without the treatment. The current project investigated this using a probability discounting framework. Participants indicated whether they would take a drug that reduced their chance of having a heart attack or a stroke from a baseline probability that varied across trials. We told participants that they would always experience a side effect and manipulated its severity (i.e. either frequent headaches or persistent cold hands and feet). We also manipulated whether probabilities were framed negatively—in terms of heart attack or stroke—or positively—in terms of continued good heart health. We observed systematic discounting as a function of probability of heart attack or stroke without treatment. Discounting was shallower when the side effect was less severe. There was no significant effect of framing at the group level. Overall, probability discounting offers a useful approach to investigating the drivers of decisions about whether to accept medical treatment.
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Preferred citation
Asgarova, R., Macaskill, A. C., Robinson, B. J. & Hunt, M. J. (2017). Probability Discounting and Cardiovascular Risk: The Effect of Side-Effect Severity and Framing. Psychological Record, 67(2), 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-017-0243-2Publisher DOI
Journal title
Psychological RecordVolume
67Issue
2Publication date
2017-01-01Pagination
169-179Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLCPublication status
PublishedContribution type
ArticleOnline publication date
2017-04-25ISSN
0033-2933eISSN
2163-3452Language
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Keywords
Probability discountingChoice decision-makingHealthHeart attackStrokeSide effectsHeart DiseaseCardiovascularSocial SciencesPsychology, MultidisciplinaryPsychologySHARED DECISION-MAKINGPATIENT PREFERENCESQUALITYDELAYPHYSICIANSCAREAIDCognitive SciencesBehavioral Science & Comparative PsychologyPsychology not elsewhere classified