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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Vocat Rehabil. 2015;42(3):271–279. doi: 10.3233/JVR-150748

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.