Assessment of adolescent decision-making capacity for pharmacy access to hormonal contraception.
Contraception
; 123: 110002, 2023 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-36914146
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To examine adolescents' decision-making capacity for pharmacsist-prescribed hormonal contraception. STUDYDESIGN:
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.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Farmacias
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Farmacia
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Servicios Farmacéuticos
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Contraception
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article