Assessment of Adolescent Decision-Making Capacity for Pharmacy Access to Hormonal Contraception
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2023
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American English
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Objectives: To examine adolescents' decision-making capacity for pharmacsist-prescribed hormonal contraception.
Study design: A subset of 60 females, ages 14-21, were recruited to complete the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Treatment. Overall scores were compared by age and demographic factors and variation examined.
Results: Participants scored high on the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Treatment with little variation in the scores (18.8 [±1.9]/20 total points). Factors such as chronic illness, health literacy, and family affluence were not associated with of overall scores.
Conclusions: Adolescents and young adults have the capacity to make decisions regarding contraception in the pharmacy access settings.
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Wilkinson TA, Meredith AH, Katz AJ, Meagher CG, Ott MA. Assessment of adolescent decision-making capacity for pharmacy access to hormonal contraception. Contraception. 2023;123:110002. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2023.110002
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