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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2025

Assessment of cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia based on virtual reality serious games: a prospective nonrandomized clinical trial.

Chenxin Wu, Yu Zhuo, Jianying Yu, Xingxing Li, Wenting Zhao, Xiandong Meng

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Chenxin Wu *Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Yu Zhuo *West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jianying YuMental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xingxing LiWest China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Wenting ZhaoMental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xiandong MengWest China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Conventional neuropsychological tests for assessing cognitive function in schizophrenia face critical limitations in ecological validity and efficiency. We developed Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 107 participants (43 SZs, 64 HCs) underwent cognitive evaluation using the Brief Cognitive Assessment Tool for Schizophrenia (B-CATS) and Results: SZs exhibited significantly poorer performance on B-CATS compared to HCs (all subtests Conclusion:

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cognitive assessmentdiagnostic validityecological validityschizophreniaserious gamevirtual reality

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