Table 3 The MacArthur competency assessment tool[1]
From: Depression and decision-making capacity for treatment or research: a systematic review
1 | A tool designed to help clinicians ‘obtain and organize information about patients’ decision-making abilities.’ |
2 | Structured interview following fixed topics. |
3 | Flexible for use in ‘assessing patients with a wide range of illness, including psychiatric disorders.’ |
4 | ‘Used to assess the degree to which patients are Understanding the information and recognizing (Appreciating) the relevance of the information for their own situation. MacCAT-T then guides clinicians to explore how patients are thinking … so as to arrive at a picture of their reasoning abilities.’ Additionally, it assesses the ability to express a choice. |
5 | The assessment maps onto a quantitative rating system that allows objective scoring of a patients abilities. |