Improving the systematic screening and documentation of mental capacity for patients with severe brain injury: The Mental Capacity Screening assessment tool (MCScreen).

IF 3.6 4区 医学 Q1 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL Clinical Medicine Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-20 DOI:10.1016/j.clinme.2024.100236
Lynne Turner-Stokes, Karima Benaichouche-Motam, William Goodison, Adam Altaie, Alice Howard, Patrick McKnight, Jessie Alfonso
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For patients who may lack capacity, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 requires capacity to be assessed for each decision at the time that treatment is offered, but this is not practical for every element of basic care and intervention delivered to patients undergoing rehabilitation following acquired brain injury, especially if their needs are changing. In this quality improvement project, we introduced a system for screening Mental Capacity and documentation to identify patients with a) largely intact cognition for whom capacity may be reasonably be presumed, and b) those in prolonged disorders of consciousness who clearly lacked capacity for all decisions. This enabled the multidisciplinary team to concentrate on evaluation of capacity in the third group who had more nuanced ability and required detailed assessment or support for decision-making. Two rounds of audit demonstrated that implementation improved the consistency of assessment and documentation. Multicentre roll-out of this approach is now required.

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改善严重脑损伤患者精神能力的系统筛查和记录:精神能力筛查评估工具(MCScreen)。
对于可能缺乏行为能力的患者,2005 年《心智能力法》要求在提供治疗时对每项决定的行为能力进行评估,但这对于为后天性脑损伤后接受康复治疗的患者提供基本护理和干预的每项内容来说都不切实际,尤其是当他们的需求在不断变化时。在这一质量改进项目中,我们引入了一套精神行为能力筛查系统和文件系统,以识别 a) 认知能力基本完好、可合理推定具有行为能力的患者,以及 b) 意识障碍持续时间较长、明显缺乏做出所有决定能力的患者。这样,多学科团队就能集中精力对第三类患者的能力进行评估,这些患者的能力更为细微,需要详细评估或决策支持。两轮审核结果表明,该方法的实施提高了评估和文件记录的一致性。现在需要在多中心推广这种方法。
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Clinical Medicine
Clinical Medicine 医学-医学:内科
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期刊介绍: Clinical Medicine is aimed at practising physicians in the UK and overseas and has relevance to all those managing or working within the healthcare sector. Available in print and online, the journal seeks to encourage high standards of medical care by promoting good clinical practice through original research, review and comment. The journal also includes a dedicated continuing medical education (CME) section in each issue. This presents the latest advances in a chosen specialty, with self-assessment questions at the end of each topic enabling CPD accreditation to be acquired. ISSN: 1470-2118 E-ISSN: 1473-4893 Frequency: 6 issues per year
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