Virtual Environments (VE) offer the opportunity to analyze the performance of people with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL). A number of studies have been carried out with the Virtual Action Planning Supermarket (VAP-S) among adult populations with cognitive disorders. Dysexecutive components such as planning have been identified from VAP-S outcome measures. The aim of this study is to explore the links between patients' performance, daily life integration and data from neuropsychological tests.50 adults with ABI in chronic stage (mean delay post onset = 54 ± 53 months) were recruited from a social and work integration program. A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) including a neuropsychological battery, the community integration questionnaire (CIQ) and performance in the VAP-S. The PCA raises four factors that explain 70% of the total variance. These factors show that the performance in the VAP-S cannot be only explained by executive functioning but dynamically mix high and low cognitive processes. Interesting questions also raise to know if performance in the VAP-S would only reflect cognitive disorders or conversely an adaptation level from preserved capacities. Functional performance in VAP-S virtual environment offers promising information on the impact of neuropsychological diseases in daily life. Executive functions impairment is showed. However other cognitive components are involved in VAP-S performance.
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