title: Predicting prostate cancer treatment choices: The role of numeracy, time discounting, and risk attitudes.
abstract: Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among males in the United States, and there is lack of consensus as to whether active surveillance or radical prostatectomy is the best course of treatment. In this study, we examined the role of numeracy, time discounting, and risk taking on decision-making about prostate cancer treatment-in 279 men over age 50 without a prior prostate cancer diagnosis. Results showed that active surveillance was the most chosen option and its preference was predicted by numeracy and time discounting. However, radical prostatectomy was significantly predicted by participants' propensity to take risks.
authors.affiliation: 1 School of Psychology, Plymouth University, UK.
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: López-Pérez
authors.affiliation: 2 Deparment of Health Behavior and Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.affiliation: 3 School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles & Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Dominick L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Frosch
authors.affiliation: 1 School of Psychology, Plymouth University, UK.
authors.forename: Yaniv
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hanoch
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002755:Choice Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000523:psychology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States; D057832:Watchful Waiting
keywords: numeracy; prostate cancer; risk taking; time discounting; treatment decision-making