Prevalence of mental incapacity on medical inpatients and associated risk factors: cross-sectional study

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作者
Raymont, V
Bingley, W
Buchanan, A
David, AS
Hayward, P
Wessely, S
Hotopf, M
机构
[1] Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat, Weston Educ Ctr, Dept Psychol, London SE5 9RS, England
[2] Yale Univ, New Haven, CT USA
[3] Univ Cent Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, Lancs, England
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英国惠康基金;
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10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17224-3
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Background Although mental incapacity is becoming increasingly important in clinical practice, little information available on its frequency in medical inpatients. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of mental incapacity in admitted medical inpatients; to determine the frequency that medical teams recognised patients who did not mental capacity; and to identify factors associated with mental incapacity. Methods Over an 18-month period, we recruited 302 consecutive acute medical inpatients. Participants assessed with the MacArthur competence tool for treatment and by clinical interview. Cognitive impairment measured by the mini-mental state examination. Findings 72 (24%) patients were severely cognitively impaired, unconscious, or unable to express a choice and automatically assigned to the incapacity group. 71 (24%) refused to participate or could not speak English. 159 patients were interviewed. Of these, 31% (95% CI 24-38) were judged not to have mental capacity. For the sample (n=302), we estimated that at least 40% did not have mental capacity. Clinical teams rarely identified who did not have mental capacity: of 50 patients interviewed, 12 (24%) were rated as lacking capacity. associated with mental incapacity were increasing age and cognitive impairment. Interpretation Mental incapacity is common in acutely ill medical inpatients, and clinicians tend not to recognise Screening methods for cognitive impairment could be useful in detecting those with doubtful capacity to consent.
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