@article{ref1,
title="Virtual reality and neuropsychological assessment: the reliability of a virtual kitchen to assess daily-life activities in victims of traumatic brain injury",
journal="Applied neuropsychology. Adult",
year="2015",
author="Besnard, Jeremy and Richard, Paul and Banville, Frederic and Nolin, Pierre and Aubin, Ghislaine and Le Gall, Didier and Richard, Isabelle and Allain, Phillippe",
volume="23",
number="3",
pages="223-235",
abstract="Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes impairments affecting instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). However, few studies have considered virtual reality as an ecologically valid tool for the assessment of IADL in patients who have sustained a TBI. The main objective of the present study was to examine the use of the Nonimmersive Virtual Coffee Task (NI-VCT) for IADL assessment in patients with TBI. We analyzed the performance of 19 adults suffering from TBI and 19 healthy controls (HCs) in the real and virtual tasks of making coffee with a coffee machine, as well as in global IQ and executive functions. Patients performed worse than HCs on both real and virtual tasks and on all tests of executive functions. Correlation analyses revealed that NI-VCT scores were related to scores on the real task. Moreover, regression analyses demonstrated that performance on NI-VCT matched real-task performance. Our results support the idea that the virtual kitchen is a valid tool for IADL assessment in patients who have sustained a TBI.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2327-9095",
doi="10.1080/23279095.2015.1048514",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2015.1048514"
}