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The Plan-A-Day Approach To Measuring Planning Ability In Patients With Schizophrenia, Daniel V. Holt, Katlehn Rodewald, Mirjam Rentrop, Joachim Funke, Matthias Weisbrod, Stefan Kaiser
The Plan-A-Day Approach To Measuring Planning Ability In Patients With Schizophrenia, Daniel V. Holt, Katlehn Rodewald, Mirjam Rentrop, Joachim Funke, Matthias Weisbrod, Stefan Kaiser
Joachim Funke
Deficits in executive functioning are closely related to the level of everyday functioning in patients with schizophrenia. However, many existing neuropsychological measures are limited in their ability to predict functional outcome. To contribute to closing this gap, we developed a computer-based test of planning ability (“Plan-a-Day”), that requires participants to create daily activity schedules in a simulated work setting. Eighty patients diagnosed with schizophrenia were tested with Plan-a-Day and a battery of cognitive ability tests. Plan-a-Day showed satisfactory psychometric properties in terms of consistency, reliability and construct validity. Compared to other neuropsychological tests used in this study, it also demonstrated …