title: [Validation, adaptation and translation of the MacCAT-T into Spanish: a tool to assess the ability to make health decisions].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Capacity assessment is an essential element of the informed consent process and is the duty of the physician. The MacCAT-T instrument explores four skills needed to consent a treatment. There is no Spanish version, and the main objective of this work is to validate, adapt and translate the MacCAT-T into Spanish.
  
  
  METHODS
  The MacCAT-T was translated into Spanish and then back-translated into English. It was validated as regards its appearance and content (by 15 experts), construct (inter-rater reliability and internal consistency) and criteria (the validity of an instrument by comparing it to some external criterion, in this case the Mini Examen Cognoscitivo de Lobo). Ninety medical and surgical outpatients over 18 years were included with no deficits of expression and/or severe disorders of consciousness that did not allow them to be interviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  They have been optimal considering different types of validity. The average application time was between 9 and 13minutes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Data are consistent with those obtained in other applications of MacCAT-T in the English language and facilitate the provision of a Spanish tool for assessing capacity.
authors: Comité de Ética Asistencial, Servicio de Atención al Cliente, Psicólogo, Corporación Sanitaria y Universitaria Parc Taulí, Calle Parc Taulí, Sabadell, España. phernando@tauli.cat
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authors: Hernando Robles
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authors: Lechuga Pérez
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authors: Solé Llop
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authors: Diestre
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authors: Mariné Torrent
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authors: Rodríguez Jornet
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authors: Marquina Parra
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authors: Colomer Mirabell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003113:Colonoscopy; D032882:Comprehension; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008297:Male; D016743:Mental Competency; D008875:Middle Aged; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013850:Thinking; D014175:Translating