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 | |
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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 |