ArticleSchizophrenia bulletin2020
What Do People With Schizophrenia Do All Day? Ecological Momentary Assessment of Real-World Functioning in Schizophrenia.
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77 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 110 citations in OpenAlex.
- Accuracy of machine learning methods in predicting prognosis of patients with psychotic spectrum disorders: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Design decisions and data completeness for experience sampling methods used in psychosis: systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Enhancing Assertive Community Treatment With Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia: II. Ecological Momentary Assessment Outcomes in a Pragmatic Randomized-Controlled Trial.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2026Trial
- Evaluation of the efficacy of group cognitive behavioral therapy on anxiety in college students based on wearable devices and mobile applications: a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Use of Ecological Momentary Assessment Through a Passive Smartphone-Based App (eB2) by Patients With Schizophrenia: Acceptability Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Positive affect during social interactions predicts goal progress and social motivation in daily life for people with schizophrenia.Schizophrenia research · 2026Article
- Adherence and Acceptability of Smartphone- and Wearable-Based Digital Phenotyping in Patients With First-Episode Psychosis: Observance et acceptabilité du phénotypage numérique fondé sur les téléphones intelligents et les objets personnels connectés chez les patients présentant un premier épisode de psychose.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026Article
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- Blunted experience of pleasure, unsystematic subjective value representation, and disrupted goal-directed behaviors: an ecological momentary assessment study across mood and psychotic disorders.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2026Article
- The relationship between mental state decoding and real-world social functioning - An experience sampling investigation.Schizophrenia research. Cognition · 2026Article
- Subjective Perceptions of Digital Phenotyping Measures of Negative Symptoms Among Individuals At Clinical High Risk for Psychosis and Their Relatives.Schizophrenia bulletin open · 2026Article
- Perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness prospectively influence real-world social support-seeking behavior among emerging adults with first-episode psychosis.Schizophrenia research · 2025Article
- Psychological side effects of antipsychotic medication after remission from first-episode psychosis: a HAMLETT ecological momentary assessment study.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Driving Performance in Schizophrenia: The Role of Neurocognitive Correlates-A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Distinct neural activation patterns in executive functions of schizophrenia patients with predominant positive and negative symptoms: an fNIRS study.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Navigating social challenges: A phenomenological exploration of living with schizophrenia.The British journal of occupational therapy · 2025Article
- Exploring the Experience of Community Participation Among Individuals With Serious Mental Illness.OTJR : occupation, participation and health · 2025Article
- The Use of Non-Pharmacological Treatments Plus Drugs: A Promising Approach in the Management of Schizophrenic Patients.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- Ecological virtual reality-based cognitive remediation among inpatients with schizophrenia: A pilot study.Schizophrenia research. Cognition · 2024Article
- Smartphone assessment uncovers real-time relationships between depressed mood and daily functional behaviors after stroke.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2024Article
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Abstract
Schizophrenia is a major cause of disability worldwide. As new treatments for functioning are tested, the need grows to demonstrate real-world functioning gains. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) may provide a more ecologically valid measure of functioning. In this study, smartphone-based EMA was used to signal participants with schizophrenia (N = 100) and controls (N = 71) 7 times a day for 7 days to respond to brief questionnaires about social interactions and functioning behaviors. Excellent adherence was found, with both groups completing an average of 85% of surveys and only 3% of participants with schizophrenia excluded for poor adherence. Four-week test-retest reliability was high (r = .83 for total productive behaviors). Relative to controls, participants with schizophrenia reported significantly less total productive activity (d = 1.2), fewer social interactions (d = 0.3), more nonproductive behaviors (d = 1.0; watching TV, resting), and more time at home (d = 0.8). Within the schizophrenia group, participants living independently showed better functioning on EMA relative to participants in supported housing (d = 0.8) and participants engaged in vocational activities showed better functioning than individuals not engaged in vocational activities (d = 0.55). Modest correlations were found between EMA and an in-lab self-report measure of functioning activities performed in the community, but not between EMA and measures of functional capacity or potential. This study demonstrated the feasibility, sensitivity reliability, and validity of EMA methods to assess functioning in schizophrenia. EMA provides a much-needed measure of what individuals with schizophrenia are actually doing in real-world contexts. These results also suggest that there may be important disjunctions between indices of abilities and actual real-world functioning.
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