Added value of functional neuroimaging to assess decision-making capacity of older adults with neurocognitive disorders: protocol for a prospective, monocentric, single-arm study (IMAGISION).

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Date publication

septembre 2021

Journal

BMJ open

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr AUBRY Régis , Dr PAZART Lionel

Tous les auteurs :
Tannou T, Godard-Marceau A, Joubert S, Daneault S, Kergoat MJ, Magnin E, Comte A, Gabriel D, Vidal C, Pazart L, Aubry R

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34588264

Résumé

Assessment of decision-making capacity (DMC) is essential in daily life as well as for defining a person-centred care plan. Nevertheless, in ageing, especially if signs of dementia appear, it becomes difficult to assess decision-making ability and raises ethical questions. Currently, the assessment of DMC is based on the clinician's evaluation, completed by neuropsychological tests. Functional MRI (fMRI) could bring added value to the diagnosis of DMC in difficult situations.