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SUBMITTER: Jones SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4561195 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jones Salene M W SM Gell Nancy M NM Roth Joshua A JA Scholes Delia D LaCroix Andrea Z AZ
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 20151001 5
<h4>Background</h4>A bias in perceived risk for health outcomes, including fracture, exists.<h4>Purpose</h4>We compared perceived risk and biases in perceived risk for fracture to fracture preventive behavior.<h4>Methods</h4>Women over age 55 (n = 2874) completed a survey five times over 5 years, and data was pulled from the medical record. Perceived risk was measured by asking women to rate their risk of fracture compared to similar women. Actual risk was measured using FRAX score. Bias was mea ...[more]