Establish a novel vocational training program and test its validity in a pilot study.
40 schizophrenia patients will be recruited to join the virtual reality based vocational training program, the training effect will be compared by interview skills and problem solving before and after the training.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
VR-assisted occupational training
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
RECRUITINGclinical ratings of schizophrenia symptoms
The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) is a 30-item rating scale completed by trained research staff. Scores for positive, negative, cognitive disorganization, emotional discomfort, and hostility/excitement symptoms were derived from factor-derived scoring published. \* There are 30 different symptoms rated from 1 to 7 (total score of 210). Higher the score, worse the symptoms
Time frame: 8 weeks
vocational skills
Job interview role-play performance will be scored across nine domains: conveying oneself as a hard worker, sounding easy to work with, conveying that one behaves professionally, negotiation skills (requesting one day off), sharing things in a positive way, sounding honest, sounding interested in the position, comfort level, and establishing rapport
Time frame: 8 weeks
global improvement
Clinical Global Impression Improvement scale (CGI-I) rating scales are commonly used measures of symptom severity, treatment response and the efficacy in treatment studies of patients with mental disorders. It is a 7-point scale that require clinician to assess how much the patient's illness has improved or worsened relative to baseline. "1" meaning very much improved, "7" meaning very much worsen.
Time frame: 8 weeks
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