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Table 4 For those who changed from unable to express a treatment choice to able, one way ANOVA of change in scores on McCAT-T and MacCAT-FP (T2 − T1)

From: Functional mental capacity, treatment as usual and time: magnitude of change in secure hospital patients with major mental illness

Means (standard deviation)

No change in ability to express a treatment choice

Change in ability to express a treatment choice

Effect size

ANOVA

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Cohen’s d

95 % confidence interval

F

P

N = 30

N = 7

 

Lower

Upper

MacCAT-T difference T2 − T1

 Understanding difference

0.6

1.4

2.4

1.7

1.16

0.29

2.02

7.7

0.009

 Reasoning difference

1.3

3.4

2.7

2.2

0.49

−0.34

1.32

1.0

0.32

 Appreciation difference

0.5

1.3

1.1

1.2

0.48

−0.36

1.29

1.2

0.27

 Total difference

2.5

4.8

6.2

3.6

0.87

0.03

1.72

3.5

0.68

MacCAT- FP difference T2 − T1

 Understanding difference

0.87

3.7

4.9

4.9

0.93

0.08

1.78

5.8

0.022

 Reasoning difference

0.6

3.0

3.8

3.9

0.92

0.07

1.77

5.8

0.021

 Appreciation difference

0.27

3.1

5.4

5.3

1.18

0.32

2.05

11.5

0.002

 Total difference

1.7

8.7

14.1

12.4

1.16

0.29

2.02

9.8

0.003

  1. Note that 7 who had been unable to express a choice became capable