The capacity to consent to treatment is altered in suicidal patients

Table 2 Associations between MacCAT-T sub-scores, history of suicide attempt, depression and insight (multivariate analysis)

	MacCAT-T understanding			MacCAT-T appreciation			MacCAT-T reasoning			MacCAT-T choice
	Beta	95% CI	p-value	Beta	95% CI	p-value	Beta	95% CI	p-value	Beta	95% CI	p-value
BDI score	− 0.05	− 0.08, − 0.01	0.009	− 0.04	− 0.06, − 0.01	0.003	− 0.13	− 0.18, − 0.08	< 0.001	− 0.04	− 0.06, − 0.02	< 0.001
BCIS index	0.00	− 0.02, 0.03	0.8	0.01	− 0.01, 0.03	0.3	0.02	− 0.02, 0.06	0.4	0.01	− 0.01, 0.02	0.4
Past SA	− 0.45	− 0.94, 0.04	0.076	− 0.68	− 1.0, − 0.34	< 0.001	− 1.1	− 1.8, − 0.33	0.007	− 0.52	− 0.79, − 0.24	< 0.001

BCIS, Beck Cognitive Insight Scale composite index; BDI, Beck Depression Scale total score; CI, Confidence Interval; SA, suicide attempt

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