ReviewJournal of general internal medicine2013
Using insights from behavioral economics and social psychology to help patients manage chronic diseases.
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- [Effectiveness and Ethical Evaluation of Nudging to Promote the Self-Management in Diabetes Mellitus Type 2].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2022Review
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- Using financial incentives to support service engagement of adults experiencing homelessness and mental illness: A qualitative analysis of key stakeholder perspectives.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Article
- Evaluation of a Diabetes Remote Monitoring Program Facilitated by Connected Glucose Meters for Patients With Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes: Randomized Crossover Trial.JMIR diabetes · 2021Article
- The Impact of Financial Incentives on Service Engagement Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness and Mental Illness: A Pragmatic Trial Protocol.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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- THE SOCIAL ECONOMICS OF ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR AND MEASURING THE BEHAVIORAL CULTURE OF SCHOOLS.Journal of child and family studies · 2019Article
- Nudging to Change: Using Behavioral Economics Theory to Move People and Their Health Care Partners Toward Effective Type 2 Diabetes Prevention.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2018Article
- The effects of the cognitive bias of unrealistic optimism in the adoption of preventive measures against COVID-19 in dentistry.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMTArticle
- Context-Dependent Risk & Benefit Sensitivity Mediate Judgments About Cognitive Enhancement.AJOB neuroscienceArticle
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Abstract
Despite a revolution in therapeutics, the ability to control chronic diseases remains elusive. We present here a conceptual model of the potential role of behavioral tools in chronic disease control. Clinicians implicitly accept the assumption that patients will act rationally to maximize their self-interest. However, patients may not always be the rational actors that we imagine. Major behavioral barriers to optimal health behavior include patients' fear of threats to health, unwillingness to think about problems when risks are known or data are ambiguous, the discounting of risks that are far in the future, failure to act due to lack of motivation, insufficient confidence in the ability to overcome a health problem, and inattention due to pressures of everyday life. Financial incentives can stimulate initiation of health-promoting behaviors by reducing or eliminating financial barriers, but may not produce long-term behavior change without additional interventions. Strategies have been developed by behavioral economists and social psychologists to address each of these barriers to better decision-making. These include: labeling positive behaviors in ways consistent with patient life goals and priorities; greater focus on more immediate risks of chronic diseases; intermediate subgoals as steps to a large health goal; and implementation of specific plans as to when, where, and how an action will be taken. Such strategies hold promise for improving health behaviors and disease control, but most have not been studied in medical settings. The effectiveness of these approaches should be evaluated for their potential as tools for the clinician.
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