1. Limits on the use of the MMSE for assessment of capacity to consent for treatment
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M. Navio Acosta, B.S. Baón Pérez, T. Ventura Faci, I. Álvarez Marrodán, E.J. Verdura Vizcaino, and M.B. Cantón Álvarez
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Consent to treatment ,Gold standard ,Cognition ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,030227 psychiatry ,03 medical and health sciences ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Mmse score ,0302 clinical medicine ,Status examination ,mental disorders ,Physical therapy ,medicine ,Competence assessment ,030212 general & internal medicine ,business - Abstract
This study explores to what extent patients scoring in the normal Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) cognitive range have mental incapacity to consent to treatment; and analyzes the relationship between MMSE score and MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Treatment (MacCAT-T) scores. Eighty medical inpatients, 40 psychiatric inpatients and 40 healthy controls were assessed. The criterion of expert psychiatrists was the ‘gold standard’ for capacity. Seven (63.6%) psychiatric patients and two (14.3%) medical patients without capacity performed in a normal MMSE cognitive range (p
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- 2018
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