Effect of the adapted virtual reality cognitive training program among Chinese older adults with chronic schizophrenia: A pilot study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 643-649

  Chan, Christopher L F ^a   Ngai, Elena K Y ^b   Leung, Paul K H ^b   Wong, Stephen ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Caritas Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Chronic schizophrenia; Cognitive rehabilitation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALCULATION; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPREHENSION; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYBERNETICS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; ORIENTATION; PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77952355304     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2403     Document Type: Article

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