i-Function

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Behavior

Development of a Virtual Reality Assessment of Everyday Living Skills

Stacy A. Ruse¹, Vicki G. Davis¹, Alexandra S. Atkins¹, K. Ranga R. Krishnan^2,3, Kolleen H. Fox⁴, Philip D. Harvey⁵, Richard S.E. Keefe^1,3

¹NeuroCog Trials, Inc., ²Duke-NUS Graduate Medical Center, ³Duke University Medical Center, ⁴Fox Evaluation and Consulting, PLLC, ⁵University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

A challenge for proving treatment efficacy for cognitive impairments in schizophrenia is finding the optimizing measurement of skills related to everyday functioning. The Virtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment Tool (VRFCAT) is an interactive gaming based computerized measure aimed at skills associated with everyday functioning, including baseline impairments and treatment related changes.

Medicine

A Computerized Functional Skills Assessment and Training Program Targeting Technology Based Everyday Functional Skills

Philip D. Harvey^1,2, Lize Tibiriçá^2,3, Peter Kallestrup², Sara J. Czaja^1,2,4

¹University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, ²i-Function, ³Albizu University, ⁴Weill-Cornell Medical Center

This training protocol uses computerized training to teach technology-related everyday functional skills. These skills include financial skills, travel and transit, as well as medication management.