A virtual reality-based vocational training system (VRVTS) for people with schizophrenia in vocational rehabilitation

Tsang, Mayie M.Y.; Man, David

doi:10.1016/j.schres.2012.12.024

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“…Our results were also consistent with recent studies demonstrating that VR training using animated avatars can be used to improve vocational and social skills for individuals with psychiatric disabilities (Park et al, 2011; Rus-Calafell et al, 2014; Tsang et al, 2013; Zawadzki et al, 2013). Moreover, VR-JIT provided in-the-moment feedback, was rewarding, and was designed using behavioral learning principles with repetitive practice that allowed participants to build mastery as the simulated interviews progressively increased in difficulty.…”

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Virtual Reality Job Interview Training for Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities

Smith¹,

Ginger²,

Wright³

et al. 2014

Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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Services are available to help support existing employment for individual with psychiatric disabilities; however, there is a gap in services targeting job interview skills that can help obtain employment. We assessed the feasibility and efficacy of Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT) in a randomized controlled trial. Participants were randomized to VR-JIT (n=25) or treatment as usual (TAU) (n=12) groups. VR-JIT consisted of 10 hours of simulated job interviews with a virtual character and didactic online training. Participants attended 95% of lab-based training sessions and found VR-JIT easy-to-use and felt prepared for future interviews. The VR-JIT group improved their job interview role-play performance (p<0.05) and self-confidence (p<0.05) between baseline and follow-up as compared to the TAU group. VR-JIT performance scores increased over time (R-Squared=0.65). VR-JIT demonstrated initial feasibility and efficacy at improving job interview skills and self-confidence. Future research may help clarify whether this intervention is efficacious in community-based settings.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Virtual Reality Job Interview Training for Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities

Smith¹,

Ginger²,

Wright³

et al. 2014

Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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“…Effect sizes of the within-group changes in the VR-JIT and wait-list TAU groups were consistent with the effects observed among individuals with SMI or ASD who used VR-JIT training (Smith et al, 2014a, 2014b) and that of other studies that used animated avatars to improve social skills for individuals with psychiatric disabilities (Park et al, 2011; Rus-Calafell et al, 2014; Tsang & Man, 2013; Zawadzki et al, 2013). …”

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confidence: 79%

Virtual reality job interview training for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Smith

Humm

Fleming

et al. 2015

JVR

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BACKGROUND Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have low employment rates and the job interview presents a critical barrier for them to obtain competitive employment. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the acceptability and efficacy of virtual reality job interview training (VR-JIT) among veterans with PTSD via a small randomized controlled trial (n=23 VR-JIT trainees, n=10 waitlist treatment-as-usual (TAU) controls). METHODS VR-JIT trainees completed up to 10 hours of simulated job interviews and reviewed information and tips about job interviewing, while wait-list TAU controls received services as usual. Primary outcome measures included two pre-test and two post-test video-recorded role-play interviews scored by blinded human resource experts and self-reported interviewing self-confidence. RESULTS Trainees attended 95% of lab-based VR-JIT sessions and found the intervention easy-to-use, helpful, and prepared them for future interviews. VR-JIT trainees demonstrated significantly greater improvement on role-play interviews compared with wait-list TAU controls (p=0.04) and demonstrated a large effect for within-subject change (Cohen’s d=0.76). VR-JIT performance scores increased significantly over time (R-Squared=0.76). Although VR-JIT trainees showed a moderate effect for within-subject change on self-confidence (Cohen’s d=0.58), the observed difference between conditions did not reach significance (p=0.09). CONCLUSIONS Results provide preliminary support that VR-JIT is acceptable to trainees and may be efficacious for improving job interview skills and self-confidence in veterans with PTSD.

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“…First, the VDLT was carried out by giving visual and auditory information in the immersive VR simulation. This could potentially be employed for further training [27], rehabilitation [28], and to determine the effect of therapy [29]. Second, the VDLT can be used for evidence-based clinical decision-making by quantitatively analyzing body movements [30].…”

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Virtual daily living test to screen for mild cognitive impairment using kinematic movement analysis

Seo

Kim

et al. 2017

PLoS ONE

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Questionnaires or computer-based tests for assessing activities of daily living are well-known approaches to screen for mild cognitive impairment (MCI). However, questionnaires are subjective and computerized tests only collect simple performance data with conventional input devices such as a mouse and keyboard. This study explored the validity and discriminative power of a virtual daily living test as a new diagnostic approach to assess MCI. Twenty-two healthy controls and 20 patients with MCI were recruited. The virtual daily living test presents two complex daily living tasks in an immersive virtual reality environment. The tasks were conducted based on subject body movements and detailed behavioral data (i.e., kinematic measures) were collected. Performance in both the proposed virtual daily living test and conventional neuropsychological tests for patients with MCI was compared to healthy controls. Kinematic measures considered in this study, such as body movement trajectory, time to completion, and speed, classified patients with MCI from healthy controls, F(8, 33) = 5.648, p < 0.001, η2 = 0.578. When both hand and head speed were employed in conjunction with the immediate free-recall test, a conventional neuropsychological test, the discrimination power for screening MCI was significantly improved to 90% sensitivity and 95.5% specificity (cf. the immediate free-recall test alone has 80% sensitivity and 77.3% specificity). Inclusion of the kinematic measures in screening for MCI significantly improved the classification of patients with MCI compared to the healthy control group, Wilks’ Lambda = 0.451, p < 0.001.

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A virtual reality-based vocational training system (VRVTS) for people with schizophrenia in vocational rehabilitation

Cited by 84 publications

References 46 publications

Virtual Reality Job Interview Training for Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities

Virtual Reality Job Interview Training for Individuals With Psychiatric Disabilities

Virtual reality job interview training for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Virtual daily living test to screen for mild cognitive impairment using kinematic movement analysis

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