Table 1.
Characteristics of the Study Sample
| TAU Group (n=10) |
VR-JIT Group (n=23) |
χ2 / T-Statistic |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | |||
| Mean age (SD) | 50.8 (10.4) | 51.2 (11.5) | <-0.1 |
| Gender (% male) | 100% | 95.7% | 0.5 |
| Parental education, mean years (SD) | 12.2 (3.9) | 11.9 (2.4) | 0.2 |
| Race | |||
| % Caucasian | 20% | 8.7% | |
| % African-American | 80.0% | 87.0% | 1.2 |
| % other | 0.0% | 4.3% | |
| Clinical History | |||
| VA-Psychiatric or other support services | 30.0% | 34.8% | <0.1 |
| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | 100% | 100% | <0.1 |
| Major Depressive Disorder | 60.0% | 52.2% | 0.2 |
| Bipolar Disorder | 10.0% | 34.8% | 2.2 |
| Schizoaffective Disorder | 0.0% | 4.3% | 0.5 |
| Substance Use Disorder | 0.0% | 4.3% | 0.5 |
| Vocational History | |||
| Prior participation in vocational training program | |||
| Compensated Work Therapy | 20.0% | 26.1% | 0.1 |
| Unknown Program or seeking vocational services | 80.0% | 73.9% | |
| Months since any prior employment, mean (SD) | 38.7 (62.5) | 41.3 (55.9) | −0.1 |
| Financial Support | |||
| Current SSI or SSDI support | 0.0% | 21.7% | 2.6 |
| Receives non-military pension | 10.0% | 17.4% | 0.3 |
| Other public support | 80.0% | 52.2% | 2.3 |
| Cognitive Function | |||
| Prior participation in cognitive rehabilitation | 10.0% | 30.4% | 1.6 |
| Global Neurocognition, mean (SD) | 89.9 (4.4) | 87.9 (11.6) | 0.7 |
| Basic Social Cognition, mean (SD) | 0.63 (0.14) | 0.66 (0.12) | −0.6 |
| Advanced Social Cognition, mean (SD) | 0.79 (0.10) | 0.77 (0.11) | 0.5 |
Note: TAU, treatment-as-usual participants; VR-JIT, virtual reality-job interview training trainees.