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Article: Decision-making capacity of inpatients with schizophrenia in Hong Kong

TitleDecision-making capacity of inpatients with schizophrenia in Hong Kong
Authors
KeywordsCognitive assessment
Informed consent
Mental competency
Schizophrenia
Issue Date2005
PublisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.jonmd.com
Citation
Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease, 2005, v. 193 n. 5, p. 316-322 How to Cite?
AbstractThis is a prospective study examining decision-making abilities in Chinese schizophrenia patients in Hong Kong. We interviewed patients before their discharge from hospital after a psychotic relapse, examining their decision regarding whether or not they would take maintenance neuroleptic treatment. Decision-making abilities were assessed by the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Treatment, a semistructured questionnaire. We examined their relationships with demographic, clinical, and cognitive variables, measured by standardized instruments. Eighty-one participants were seen. Weaknesses were noted in a range of relevant decision-making abilities. Positive and negative schizophrenic symptoms, specifically lack of judgment and insight, difficulty in abstract thinking, unusual thought content, and conceptual disorganization, were found to be correlated with performance in decision-making abilities, as were cognitive deficits. Verbal working memory was a moderate predictor of the ability to understand treatment information. Decision-making impairments and negative treatment attitude were related to the decision not to adhere to medication. Copyright © 2005 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/81568
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.655
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dc.contributor.authorCheung, EPTen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChen, EYHen_HK
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dc.date.issued2005en_HK
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dc.description.abstractThis is a prospective study examining decision-making abilities in Chinese schizophrenia patients in Hong Kong. We interviewed patients before their discharge from hospital after a psychotic relapse, examining their decision regarding whether or not they would take maintenance neuroleptic treatment. Decision-making abilities were assessed by the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Treatment, a semistructured questionnaire. We examined their relationships with demographic, clinical, and cognitive variables, measured by standardized instruments. Eighty-one participants were seen. Weaknesses were noted in a range of relevant decision-making abilities. Positive and negative schizophrenic symptoms, specifically lack of judgment and insight, difficulty in abstract thinking, unusual thought content, and conceptual disorganization, were found to be correlated with performance in decision-making abilities, as were cognitive deficits. Verbal working memory was a moderate predictor of the ability to understand treatment information. Decision-making impairments and negative treatment attitude were related to the decision not to adhere to medication. Copyright © 2005 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.jonmd.comen_HK
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dc.rightsJournal of Nervous and Mental Disease. Copyright © Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.en_HK
dc.subjectCognitive assessmenten_HK
dc.subjectInformed consenten_HK
dc.subjectMental competencyen_HK
dc.subjectSchizophreniaen_HK
dc.titleDecision-making capacity of inpatients with schizophrenia in Hong Kongen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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