Virtual reality functional capacity assessment in schizophrenia: Preliminary data regarding feasibility and correlations with cognitive and functional capacity performance

Schizophrenia Research: Cognition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ruse, Stacy A ^a   Harvey, Philip D ^b,c   Davis, Vicki G ^a   Atkins, Alexandra S ^a   Fox, Kolleen H ^d   Keefe, Richard S E ^a,e  

^a NeuroCog Trials Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Fox Evaluation and Consulting PLLC   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive assessment; Computer based assessment; Functional capacity; Schizophrenia; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATRICS CONSENSUS COGNITIVE BATTERY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UCSD PERFORMANCE BASED SKILLS ASSESSMENT BRIEF VERSION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84904267217     PISSN: 22150013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scog.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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