Irrational Responses to Risk Preference Questionnaires by Patients with Diabetes with or without Retinopathy and Comparison with Those without Diabetes

Naoya Emoto,1,2 Akimi Soga,1 Izumi Fukuda,1 Kyoko Tanimura-Inagaki,1 Taro Harada,1 Hajime M Koyano,3 Rei Goto,4 Hitoshi Sugihara1 1Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan; 2Diabetes & Thyroid Clinic, Sakura Chuo H...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:30651d7c86d44cda84fa53f96b9b3dfb2021-12-02T13:31:48ZIrrational Responses to Risk Preference Questionnaires by Patients with Diabetes with or without Retinopathy and Comparison with Those without Diabetes1178-7007https://doaj.org/article/30651d7c86d44cda84fa53f96b9b3dfb2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/irrational-responses-to-risk-preference-questionnaires-by-patients-wit-peer-reviewed-article-DMSOhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-7007Naoya Emoto,1,2 Akimi Soga,1 Izumi Fukuda,1 Kyoko Tanimura-Inagaki,1 Taro Harada,1 Hajime M Koyano,3 Rei Goto,4 Hitoshi Sugihara1 1Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan; 2Diabetes & Thyroid Clinic, Sakura Chuo Hospital, Chiba, Japan; 3Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan; 4Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University, Kanagawa, JapanCorrespondence: Naoya EmotoDiabetes & Thyroid Clinic, Sakura Chuo Hospital, 20-4, Sakaecho, Sakura City, Chiba 285-0014, JapanTel +81-43-486-1311Fax +81-43-486-1314Email emotonaoya1954@gmail.comPurpose: The risk preferences of patients with diabetes have profound effects on the progression of complications. The present study aimed to clarify whether the preferences of patients with diabetes and retinopathy are deliberately risk-seeking or irrational and whether this propensity is specific to those with retinopathy or is also found in patients without retinopathy compared with those without diabetes.Patients and Methods: A total of 394 patients with diabetes (264 without retinopathy and 130 with retinopathy) and 198 patients without diabetes agreed to participate in this survey. The questions were modified versions of those from the Japan Household Survey on Consumer Preferences and Satisfaction, which sought to determine the participants’ personal socioeconomic status and risk preferences. In the questionnaires, responses were analyzed by determining the participants’ willingness to pay for a lottery ticket and for an insurance policy. Irrational responses were defined as violations of two axioms of the Expected Utility Theory: completeness and transitivity.Results: The incidence of irrational responses increased with age and was associated with educational level. The incidence of irrational responses was significantly higher in patients with retinopathy than in those without retinopathy after adjusting for age and educational level. There was no significant difference in the incidence of irrational responses between patients with diabetes but without retinopathy and those without diabetes.Conclusion: The risk-seeking behavior of patients with diabetes and retinopathy was not deliberate but was irrational under uncertainty. Medical professionals should be aware of their patients’ propensity to make irrational decisions, which is an important risk factor for the progression of retinopathy in patients with diabetes regardless of age and educational level.Keywords: behavioral economics, expected utility theory, educational level, cognitive functionEmoto NSoga AFukuda ITanimura-Inagaki KHarada TKoyano HMGoto RSugihara HDove Medical Pressarticlebehavioral economicsexpected utility theoryeducational levelcognitive functionSpecialties of internal medicineRC581-951ENDiabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, Vol Volume 13, Pp 4961-4971 (2020)
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topic behavioral economics
expected utility theory
educational level
cognitive function
Specialties of internal medicine
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spellingShingle behavioral economics
expected utility theory
educational level
cognitive function
Specialties of internal medicine
RC581-951
Emoto N
Soga A
Fukuda I
Tanimura-Inagaki K
Harada T
Koyano HM
Goto R
Sugihara H
Irrational Responses to Risk Preference Questionnaires by Patients with Diabetes with or without Retinopathy and Comparison with Those without Diabetes
description Naoya Emoto,1,2 Akimi Soga,1 Izumi Fukuda,1 Kyoko Tanimura-Inagaki,1 Taro Harada,1 Hajime M Koyano,3 Rei Goto,4 Hitoshi Sugihara1 1Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan; 2Diabetes & Thyroid Clinic, Sakura Chuo Hospital, Chiba, Japan; 3Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan; 4Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University, Kanagawa, JapanCorrespondence: Naoya EmotoDiabetes & Thyroid Clinic, Sakura Chuo Hospital, 20-4, Sakaecho, Sakura City, Chiba 285-0014, JapanTel +81-43-486-1311Fax +81-43-486-1314Email emotonaoya1954@gmail.comPurpose: The risk preferences of patients with diabetes have profound effects on the progression of complications. The present study aimed to clarify whether the preferences of patients with diabetes and retinopathy are deliberately risk-seeking or irrational and whether this propensity is specific to those with retinopathy or is also found in patients without retinopathy compared with those without diabetes.Patients and Methods: A total of 394 patients with diabetes (264 without retinopathy and 130 with retinopathy) and 198 patients without diabetes agreed to participate in this survey. The questions were modified versions of those from the Japan Household Survey on Consumer Preferences and Satisfaction, which sought to determine the participants’ personal socioeconomic status and risk preferences. In the questionnaires, responses were analyzed by determining the participants’ willingness to pay for a lottery ticket and for an insurance policy. Irrational responses were defined as violations of two axioms of the Expected Utility Theory: completeness and transitivity.Results: The incidence of irrational responses increased with age and was associated with educational level. The incidence of irrational responses was significantly higher in patients with retinopathy than in those without retinopathy after adjusting for age and educational level. There was no significant difference in the incidence of irrational responses between patients with diabetes but without retinopathy and those without diabetes.Conclusion: The risk-seeking behavior of patients with diabetes and retinopathy was not deliberate but was irrational under uncertainty. Medical professionals should be aware of their patients’ propensity to make irrational decisions, which is an important risk factor for the progression of retinopathy in patients with diabetes regardless of age and educational level.Keywords: behavioral economics, expected utility theory, educational level, cognitive function
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author Emoto N
Soga A
Fukuda I
Tanimura-Inagaki K
Harada T
Koyano HM
Goto R
Sugihara H
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Soga A
Fukuda I
Tanimura-Inagaki K
Harada T
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Goto R
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title Irrational Responses to Risk Preference Questionnaires by Patients with Diabetes with or without Retinopathy and Comparison with Those without Diabetes
title_short Irrational Responses to Risk Preference Questionnaires by Patients with Diabetes with or without Retinopathy and Comparison with Those without Diabetes
title_full Irrational Responses to Risk Preference Questionnaires by Patients with Diabetes with or without Retinopathy and Comparison with Those without Diabetes
title_fullStr Irrational Responses to Risk Preference Questionnaires by Patients with Diabetes with or without Retinopathy and Comparison with Those without Diabetes
title_full_unstemmed Irrational Responses to Risk Preference Questionnaires by Patients with Diabetes with or without Retinopathy and Comparison with Those without Diabetes
title_sort irrational responses to risk preference questionnaires by patients with diabetes with or without retinopathy and comparison with those without diabetes
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/30651d7c86d44cda84fa53f96b9b3dfb
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