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Risk and time preferences in individuals with lifestyle-related and non-lifestyle-related cardiovascular diseases: a pilot study.

Nadja Kairies-SchwarzIrene MussioNatalia Bulla-HolthausEsther WankmüllerGeorg WolffVeronika GontscharukYvonne HeinenStefan PeringsMaximilian BrockmeyerManuel SternAndrea Icks
Published in: BMJ open (2024)
The process of the pilot study and its results can be used as a basis for the design of the main study. The differences in risk and time preferences between the LS and NLS groups provide us with a novel hypothesis for unhealthy behaviours: individuals never give up a bad habit, they simply postpone the latter, which can be tested alongside other additional research questions.
Keyphrases
  • cardiovascular disease
  • metabolic syndrome
  • physical activity
  • weight loss
  • coronary artery disease
  • cardiovascular events