Can the mini-mental state examination predict capacity to consent to treatment?

Autor/inn/en	Haberstroh, Julia; Müller, Tanja; Knebel, Maren; Kaspar, Roman; Oswald, Frank; Pantel, Johannes
Titel	Can the mini-mental state examination predict capacity to consent to treatment?
Quelle	In: GeroPsych, 27 (2014) 4, S. 151-159 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1662-9647
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-148202
Schlagwörter	Strukturgleichungsmodell; Erinnerung; Fähigkeit; Kognitionspsychologie; Urteilsfähigkeit; Verbale Kommunikation; Test; Bewertung; Deutschland; Erinnerung; Test; Geriatrie; Regressionsanalyse; Fähigkeit; Urteilsfähigkeit; Strukturgleichungsmodell; Geriatrie; Regressionsanalyse; Bewertung; Alter Mensch; Deutschland
Abstract	This study examines the relationship between capacity to consent to treatment as measured by the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Treatment (MacCAT-T) and severity of cognitive impairment as measured with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). It also looks at the role of verbal retrieval in this relationship. We hypothesized that the often-quoted correlation between the MacCAT-T and the MMSE lies mainly in the joint dependence on verbal retrieval ability. Potential subjects were recruited from memory clinics, senior citizen meeting places, and a university program for seniors. Data of 149 people over 54 years, 49 of whom had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or mixed dementia, were used. The relationship between capacity to consent to treatment, verbal retrieval, and MMSE was examined using a structural equation modeling framework. The findings suggest that verbal retrieval is a confounding method factor. In the informed consent process for people with dementia, verbal memory loads should be minimized to provide a more valid measure of their capacity to consent to treatment. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2018/1