Skip to main content

Table 1 Risk attitude items and response categories

From: Associations between patients’ risk attitude and their adherence to statin treatment – a population based questionnaire and register study

Item wording

Risk-averse

Risk-neutral

Risk-seeking

Imagine that you unexpectedly inherited DKK 10,000 (approximately USD 2,000) from a distant relative. Subsequently you have the possibility of participating in a lottery with an equal chance of doubling the money or losing the money. That means that there is a 50 % chance of you winning DKK 20,000 and a 50 % chance of losing the DKK 10,000.

I choose not to participate in the lottery

I do not know

I choose to participate in the lottery

What do you choose? (abbreviated: “Financial”)

I focus a lot on having a healthy behaviour and prefer to avoid risks that can affect my health. (abbreviated: “Focus on healthy behaviour”)

Completely agree

Tend to agree

Yes and no

Tend to disagree

Completely disagree

When I experience symptoms, I generally count on them passing. (abbreviated: “Count on symptoms passing”)

Completely disagree

Tend to disagree

Yes and no

Tend to agree

Completely agree

I do not like to take chances regarding my health and prefer to see my GP once too often than once too late. (abbreviated: “Preference for GP contact regarding my health”)

Completely agree

Tend to agree

Yes and no

Tend to disagree

Completely disagree