The Relationship between Risk Attitude and Treatment Choice in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

Lisa A. Prosser, Karen M. Kuntz, Amit Bar-Or and Milton C. Weinstein
Additional contact information
Lisa A. Prosser: Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Karen M. Kuntz: Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health
Amit Bar-Or: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and McGill University
Milton C. Weinstein: Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health

Medical Decision Making, 2002, vol. 22, issue 6, 506-513

Abstract: Background . Many patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) eligible for β -interferons or glatiramer acetate have chosen to forgo or discontinue treatment. The objective of this study was to evaluate risk attitude as a patient characteristic related to treatment choice for patients with MS. Methods . Sixty-two MS patients completed a survey on treatment history, risk preference, and socioeconomic and clinical variables. Multinomial logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between treatment choice and risk attitude. Risk attitude was measured using a standard gamble question on short-term health outcomes. Results . More risk-seeking patients were less likely to choose treatment compared with more risk-averse patients (P

Keywords: risk attitude; treatment choice; adherence; compliance; multiple sclerosis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0272989X02238299 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:medema:v:22:y:2002:i:6:p:506-513

DOI: 10.1177/0272989X02238299

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Medical Decision Making
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SAGE Publications ().