#Unrealistic optimism regression full#

This is us, on the tube, following our first round of IUI at a clinic in London. I also remember not wanting to pursue another clinic who didn’t do any ‘natural’ IUI cycles – I wasn’t infertile, just lacking in sperm after all. I remember people from the clinic we ending up going to telling me “oh, you’ll be fine, you’re young and healthy”. It was our first outing as wannabe parents. A few months before, in September, we went to the Alternative Parenting Show in London. My first appointment to embark on motherhood was December 28th, 2012, age 25. Motherhood, and the 30-35 fertility drop off seemed a life away.

#Unrealistic optimism regression full#

The irony was not lost on us, but we were still only 20 (granted, past the peak age of fertility already…) and full of ambitions to radicalise the various divisions of psychology that excited us. Unrealistic Optimism in Infertility.Įssentially, the concept that “it’ll never happen to me” contributing to women, who now had potential careers and ambitions, delaying motherhood whilst risking infertility.

We had chosen a topic our favourite lecturer had put forward. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.Aged 20, part way through Uni studying for a Bachelors in Psychology I started my Dissertation. However, our results suggest that UO with regard to perceived heart attack risk may not be a relevant factor for patient self-management in those with type 2 diabetes. Unfavorable health behavior and risk factors are associated with UO. However, UO was not significantly associated with patient self-management. Furthermore, a higher blood pressure and a higher body mass index were associated with a higher likelihood of UO regarding heart attack risk. Smokers and males were more likely to show UO than nonsmokers and females. The studied sample included n = 633 individuals with type 2 diabetes (mean age 70.7 years, 45% women). All models were adjusted for socio-demographic and disease-related variables. We estimated binary logistic and linear regression models to analyze which characteristics were associated with UO and to test the association between UO and participants’ self-management behaviors (ie, regular self-monitoring of body weight, blood sugar, and blood pressure, regular foot care, keeping a diabetes diary, and having a diet plan), and their sum score, respectively. UO was estimated by comparing participants’ subjective comparative risk for having a heart attack within the next 5-years (ie, “higher than others,” “average,” “lower than others”), with their objective comparative 10-year cardiovascular disease risk based on the Framingham equations. We used data from individuals with type 2 diabetes participating in the German KORA (Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg) GEFU 4 (self-administered health questionnaire 2016) study.

The present study tested the hypothesis that individuals with type 2 diabetes who underestimate their comparative heart attack risk, have a lower adherence regarding recommended self-management. Unrealistic comparative optimism (UO), as the erroneous judgement of personal risks to be lower than the risks of others, could help explain differences in diabetes self-management.