Spanish Validation of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Clinical Research Interview for Assessing Patients' Mental Capacity to Consent to Clinical Research.

The aim of the study was to assess a Spanish adaptation of a method that determines the categorical capacity status of potential participants in research projects. The sample consisted of 120 subjects (40 general medicine inpatients, 40 psychiatric inpatients, and 40 healthy controls). The MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Clinical Research (MacCAT-CR) interview and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) were used.

[Spanish validation of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Treatment interview to assess patients competence to consent treatment].

Background And Objective: To validate the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Treatment (MacCAT-T) Spanish version, which assesses the mental capacity of patients to consent treatment, by examining 4 areas (Understanding, Appreciation, Reasoning and Expressing a choice).

Sample: 160 subjects (80 Internal Medicine inpatients, 40 Psychiatric inpatients and 40 healthy controls).

Instruments: MacCAT-T, Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE).