Adaptación y validación al español del cuestionario Aid to Capacity Evaluation (ACE), para la valoración de la capacidad del paciente en la toma de decisiones médicas

  1. Moraleda Barba, Sandra
Supervised by:
  1. María Isabel Ballesta Rodríguez Director
  2. Miguel Delgado Rodríguez Director

Defence university: Universidad de Jaén

Fecha de defensa: 09 July 2014

Committee:
  1. Francisco Torres González Chair
  2. Domingo Ernesto Delgado Martínez Secretary
  3. María I. Sillero Arenas Committee member
Department:
  1. CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD

Type: Thesis

Teseo: 373502 DIALNET lock_openRUJA editor

Abstract

Objective: To adapt to the Spanish and validate the scale Aid to Capacity Evaluation, to assess the medical decision-making capacity. Design: Observational study of prospective validation. Primary and hospital care of the basic health área of Jaén. Results: The tool is considered viable. The conclusions of the expert panel were favorable. The result of the criteria' validity, comparing the results with the assessment of the experts (forensic and psychiatrist) was very satisfying (P < .001). The intra-observer reliability was low (kappa = 0,135). Interobserver reliability remained high (kappa = 0.74). The internal consistency was awarded an alpha of Cronbach's 0,645 for the reduced model of 6 items. Conclusions: The Aid to Capacity Evaluation scale was adapted to Spanish, demonstrating adequate internal consistency and construct validity.