Development of a Virtual Reality Assessment of Everyday Living SkillsStacy A. Ruse 1, Vicki G. Davis 1, Alexandra S. Atkins 1, K. Ranga R. Krishnan 2,3, Kolleen H. Fox 4, Philip D. Harvey 5, 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.
