Disease cause attribution and preference for low versus high self-management treatments
Abstract We investigate how disease cause attribution influences preferences for treatments that vary in patients’ self-management by comparing the attribution of disease cause to lifestyle and attribution to genes. We demonstrate that individuals’ self-control trait is a critical moderating factor...
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| description | Abstract We investigate how disease cause attribution influences preferences for treatments that vary in patients’ self-management by comparing the attribution of disease cause to lifestyle and attribution to genes. We demonstrate that individuals’ self-control trait is a critical moderating factor in deciding preference between treatments in response to the disease cause information. Individuals with low self-control traits had a stronger tendency to prefer a treatment that requires a low level of self-management when they attributed the disease cause to genes than when they attributed it to their lifestyle. However, the preference for treatments of individuals with high self-control traits was not influenced by the disease-cause attribution. We suggest medical practitioners consider how disease attribution can influence preference for available treatment options when communicating with their patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8e28a4ec85a644848030c68a8a7b8a6b2025-08-20T03:45:52ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-07-0115111110.1038/s41598-025-11710-7Disease cause attribution and preference for low versus high self-management treatmentsTom Joonhwan Kim0Jaehwan Kim1Yonsei University Mirae CampusDepartment of Dermatology, University of California DavisAbstract We investigate how disease cause attribution influences preferences for treatments that vary in patients’ self-management by comparing the attribution of disease cause to lifestyle and attribution to genes. We demonstrate that individuals’ self-control trait is a critical moderating factor in deciding preference between treatments in response to the disease cause information. Individuals with low self-control traits had a stronger tendency to prefer a treatment that requires a low level of self-management when they attributed the disease cause to genes than when they attributed it to their lifestyle. However, the preference for treatments of individuals with high self-control traits was not influenced by the disease-cause attribution. We suggest medical practitioners consider how disease attribution can influence preference for available treatment options when communicating with their patients.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-11710-7Medical decision-makingGenetic attributionTreatment preferenceSelf-control |
| spellingShingle | Tom Joonhwan Kim Jaehwan Kim Disease cause attribution and preference for low versus high self-management treatments Scientific Reports Medical decision-making Genetic attribution Treatment preference Self-control |
| title | Disease cause attribution and preference for low versus high self-management treatments |
| title_full | Disease cause attribution and preference for low versus high self-management treatments |
| title_fullStr | Disease cause attribution and preference for low versus high self-management treatments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disease cause attribution and preference for low versus high self-management treatments |
| title_short | Disease cause attribution and preference for low versus high self-management treatments |
| title_sort | disease cause attribution and preference for low versus high self management treatments |
| topic | Medical decision-making Genetic attribution Treatment preference Self-control |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-11710-7 |
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