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Table 6 Factors to be emphasized when assessing mental capacity of patients with anorexia nervosa

From: Key components of the mental capacity assessment of patients with anorexia nervosa: a study of three countries

 

Short-term memory

Ability to express a choice or preference

Level of psychopathological values

Ability to understand medical information given

Consciousness of disease

Ability to appreciate medical information as it relates to oneself

Ability to process reasonable information

Conscious level

Consistency of preference

Ability to weigh competing factors

Full mental capacity (n = 113)

60/113 (53%)

83/113 (73%)

64/113 (57%)

93/113 (82%)

82/113 (73%)

88/113 (78%)

95/113 (84%)

67/113 (59%)

47/113 (42%)

81/113 (72%)

Impaired mental capacity (n = 57)

25/57 (44%)

33/57 (58%)

44/57 (77%)

46/57 (81%)

41/57 (72%)

39/57 (68%)

44/57 (77%)

34/57 (60%)

22/57 (39%)

46/57 (81%)

p value by Fisher’s direct method

0.165

0.031

0.006

0.476

0.534

0.125

0.187

0.549

0.418

0.137