Table 4 Tolerance of risk and uncertainty, dimension A

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