Abstract
To evaluate the clinical impression that hemophiliac boys express a high level of interest in physical activities associated with a significant risk of major bleeds, a self-administered questionnaire was given to 17 hemophiliac (HPH) boys 11 to 19 years of age in a state hemophilia program and to 17 age-matched non-HPH (Control) boys at the same clinic. Scores for risk-taking attitudes (ATT), anticipated risk-taking behavior (ANT), and the likelihood of carrying out the behaviors (ACT) were calculated for 23 activities.
HPH boys neither express greater risk-taking attitudes (HPH ATT = 4.0, Control ATT = 4.9, ns), anticipate greater risk-taking behavior (HPH ANT = 3.4, Control ANT = 3.5, ns), nor are more likely to carry out the behavior (HPH ACT = .59, Control ACT = .64, ns). In contrast, HPH 15-19 years old appear more likely than younger HPH (11-14 years old) to carry out risk-taking behaviors (HPH: 15-19 ACT = .34, HPH: 11-14 ACT = .82, p .10) but are no more likely than Controls 15-19 to do so (HPH: 15-19 ACT = .34, Control: 15-19 ACT = .59, ns).
Hemophiliacs appear more likely to carry out greater risk-taking behavior as they get older, although they express no greater overall risk-taking than do control adolescents.
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Russ, K., Bartlett, G. & Nelson, N. 17 RISK-TAKING ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR IN HEMOPHILIAC AND NON-HEMOPHILIAC ADOLESCENT BOYS. Pediatr Res 12 (Suppl 4), 366 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197804001-00022
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