Table 2 |
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Sensitivity and specificity of the Silberfeld, the MMSE and various clinical opinions with regards to patients' (n = 157) capacity to make decisions compared to the psychiatrist assessment. |
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Sensitivity (%) |
Specificity (%) |
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Silberfeld |
35.7 |
91.6 |
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MMSE |
57.1 |
88.8 |
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Resident |
35.7 |
96.5 |
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Nurse |
50.0 |
94.4 |
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Chief resident internist (CRI) |
57.1 |
96.5 |
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Referring general practitioner |
36.3 |
97.8 |
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CRI, Resident and Nurse (majority decision) |
78.6 |
94.3 |
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Fassassi et al. BMC Medical Ethics 2009 10:15 doi:10.1186/1472-6939-10-15 |
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