Unrealistic optimism about treatment risks for acute appendicitis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 08 Feb 2022 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:British Journal of Surgery, volume 109, pages 405-407 (issn: 0007-1323, eissn: 1365-2168,

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Authors: Joshua E Rosen; Nidhi Agrawal; David R Flum; Joshua M Liao;

doi: 10.1093/bjs/znac020

pmid: 35136965

pmc: PMC9565953

Unrealistic optimism about treatment risks for acute appendicitis

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Abstract

Unrealistic optimism is a cognitive bias that causes people to think they are at lower risk of a negative outcome than they actually are. This study identified significant unrealistic optimism towards the risks of appendicitis treatment complications.

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Keywords

Optimism, Surveys and Questionnaires, Acute Disease, Humans, Appendicitis

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