Prevalence and correlates of adequate performance on a measure of abilities related to decisional capacity: Differences among three standards for the MacCAT-CR in patients with schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 110-118

  Dunn, Laura B ^a,b   Palmer, Barton W ^a   Appelbaum, Paul S ^c   Saks, Elyn R ^d   Aarons, Gregory A ^a,e   Jeste, Dilip V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Competency; Decision making capacity; Neuropsychology; Research ethics; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MACARTHUR COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; APTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

EID: 33845314306     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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