Assessment of adolescent decision-making capacity for pharmacy access to hormonal contraception

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作者
Wilkinson, Tracey A. [1 ,4 ]
Meredith, Ashley H. [2 ]
Katz, Amy J. [3 ,5 ]
Meagher, Carolyn G. [3 ]
Ott, Mary A. [3 ]
机构
[1] Indiana Univ Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Div Childrens Hlth Serv Res, Indianapolis, IN USA
[2] Purdue Coll Pharm, Dept Pharm Practice, W Lafayette, IN USA
[3] Indiana Univ Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Div Adolescent Med, Indianapolis, IN USA
[4] Indiana Univ Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Childrens Hlth Serv Res, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
[5] Indiana Univ, Off Res Support, Sch Nursing, Indianapolis, IN USA
关键词
Access to health care; Adolescents; Capacity; Contraception; Decision-making; Pharmacy; HEALTH-CARE; BARRIERS; CONSENT; BIRTH;
D O I
10.1016/j.contraception.2023.110002
中图分类号
R71 [妇产科学];
学科分类号
100211 ;
摘要
Objectives: To examine adolescents' decision-making capacity for pharmacsist-prescribed hormonal con-traception.Study Design: A subset of 60 females, ages 14-21, were recruited to complete the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Treatment. Overall scores were compared by age and demographic factors and variation examined.Results: Participants scored high on the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Treatment with little variation in the scores (18.8 [ & PLUSMN; 1.9]/20 total points). Factors such as chronic illness, health literacy, and family affluence were not associated with of overall scores.Conclusions: Adolescents and young adults have the capacity to make decisions regarding contraception in the pharmacy access settings.& COPY; 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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