UNASSIGNED: An observational study has been conducted at a Child Neuropsychiatry Service, administering a semi-structured interview with customized questionnaire to examine their capacities in four areas of the MacCAT-T. Results were evaluated with the Pearson correlation coefficient for the cognitive and adaptive levels of the Wechsler-Intelligence-Scale-for-Children (WISC-IV) and the Vineland-Adaptive-Behavior-Scales-II (VABS-II).
UNASSIGNED: The MacCAT-T domains Understanding, Appreciation, Reasoning, Expressing a Choice were correlated with the cognitive and adaptive levels of the WISC-IV and the VABS-II. Understanding, Appreciation and Expressing a choice have positive correlation with the Communication and Socialization scores of VABS-II; Reasoning has positive correlation with the Working-Memory-Index scores of the WISC-IV. The study enabled to assess the informed consent processes in vulnerable children and although demonstrating how they participate in their care process in a mostly unconscious way, making the frail children more involved in their own care process was possible. Future studies should assess the impact of incorporating MacCAT-T into standard informed consent in other settings.
■一项观察性研究在儿童神经精神病学中心进行,使用定制问卷进行半结构化访谈,以检查他们在MacCAT-T的四个领域的能力。用皮尔逊相关系数评估韦氏儿童智力量表(WISC-IV)和Vineland自适应行为量表-II(VABS-II)的认知和适应水平。
■MacCAT-T领域理解,感谢,推理,表达选择与WISC-IV和VABS-II的认知和适应水平相关。理解,欣赏和表达选择与VABS-II的沟通和社交得分呈正相关;推理与WISC-IV的工作记忆指数得分呈正相关。该研究能够评估弱势儿童的知情同意过程,尽管展示了他们是如何以大多数无意识的方式参与他们的护理过程的,让虚弱的孩子更多地参与他们自己的护理过程是可能的。未来的研究应评估将MacCAT-T纳入其他背景下的标准知情同意书的影响。