title: The plan-a-Day approach to measuring planning ability in patients with schizophrenia
creator: Holt, Daniel
creator: Rodewald, Katlehn
creator: Rentrop, Mirjam
creator: Funke, Joachim
creator: Weisbrod, Matthias
creator: Kaiser, Stefan
subject: ddc-150
subject: 150 Psychology
description: 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 towards 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 incremental validity with regard to the Global Assessment of Functioning. The Plan-a-Day approach, therefore, seems to represent a valid alternative for measuring planning ability in patients with executive function deficits, occupying a middle ground between traditional neuropsychological tests and real-life assessments.
date: 2011
type: Article
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
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identifier: DOI:
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-154465
identifier:   Holt, Daniel ; Rodewald, Katlehn ; Rentrop, Mirjam ; Funke, Joachim ; Weisbrod, Matthias ; Kaiser, Stefan  (2011) The plan-a-Day approach to measuring planning ability in patients with schizophrenia.  Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 17 (2).  pp. 327-335.      
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language: eng