O5.7. VIRTUAL REALITY FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY ASSESSMENT IN PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA: CORRELATES OF PERFORMANCE OF SOLITARY AND SOCIALLY RELEVANT TASKS

Abstract

Background: Performance-based functional capacity measures as treatment outcomes have evolved into the use of virtual reality (VR) assessments. These strategies assess functional skills with objectives that include realistic performance of everyday tasks. One such task, the Virtual Reality Functional Capacity Assessment Task (VRFCAT), has a series of objectives focused on meal preparation, travel and transit, shopping, and financial skills. There are 12 different objectives in the task, of which 5 are performed while home alone and the other 7 are performed outside of the participant's virtual residence. The 5 at home tasks are solitary and the other 7 tasks have actual or implied social interactions. In this study, we examined the differential correlates of these solitary vs. socially relevant tasks. In so doing, we examined whether patients with more severe reduced emotional experience had differential challenges with the solitary vs. socially relevant tasks. We also examined whether performance on these two tasks was differentially associated with realworld functioning in domains of work, everyday activities, and social outcomes.