Irastorza L J, Corujo P, Banuelos P
Centro de Salud Mental Arganda, Hospital Virgen de la Torre, Arganda del Rey, Madrid, Spain.
Rev Neurol. 2007;44(6):321-5.
The competence is a legal concept that implies the capacity to make autonomous decisions. The patients with dementia have progressively diminished their cognitive functions, with greater functional limitation according to their deterioration. AIM. To evaluate the capacity to make the decision to vote in a group of ambulatory and institutionalized patients with dementia.
By using the reference of the test of capacity to vote (Appelbaum) and the Mini-Mental State Examination to measure the cognitive state, a cross-sectional study of 37 patients with Alzheimer's dementia was made.
It was observed that components of competence of understanding the nature and effect to vote stay intact. The results of the appreciation and reasoning were more different.
More studies are necessary to evaluate the capacity to vote in patients with moderate dementia. The understanding of the vote has significant relation with cognitive impairment.
行为能力是一个法律概念，意味着做出自主决策的能力。痴呆患者的认知功能逐渐减退，随着病情恶化，功能受限程度也会加重。目的：评估一组门诊和住院痴呆患者的投票决策能力。
采用投票能力测试（阿佩尔鲍姆）参考标准和简易精神状态检查表来测量认知状态，对37例阿尔茨海默病痴呆患者进行了横断面研究。
观察到理解投票性质和影响的行为能力组成部分保持完好。评价和推理结果差异更大。
需要更多研究来评估中度痴呆患者的投票能力。对投票的理解与认知障碍有显著关系。
