Level of agreement | ||||||
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Agree strongly | Agree a little | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree a little | Disagree strongly | Mean value | |
(5) | (4) | (3) | (2) | (1) | ||
Tolerance of risk and uncertainty – all patients out-of-hours (OOH)* | ||||||
1. When it comes to OOH-medicine I’m quite cautious | 13 | 51 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 3.5 |
2. As an OOH-physician you think that you can deal with most things most of the time | 18 | 63 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3.8 |
3. I think my risk assessment is reasonably good, and I’m reasonably safe | 27 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.2 |
4. All OOH-physicians take risks; it’s risk assessment OOH all the time (n = 99) | 17 | 29 | 21 | 31 | 1 | 3.3 |
5. OOH-physicians are good at living with uncertainty and risk | 9 | 48 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 3.5 |
6. I don’t worry about my decisions after I’ve made them | 8 | 42 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 3.1 |
7. I sometimes go back and check on the patient’s outcome after a shift has finished | 10 | 41 | 12 | 26 | 11 | 3.1 |