Fig 1.
SPIRIT schedule of enrolment, interventions, and assessments.
Note. aOnly participants in the intervention group. Abbreviations: w, week; TAU, treatment as usual; VRT, Virtual Reality-based therapy; EMA, Ecological Momentary Assessment; E, epoch; SANS, Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms; BNSS, Brief Negative Symptom Scale; SNS, Self-Evaluation of Negative Symptoms; SAPS, Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms; ACIPS, Anticipatory and Consummatory Interpersonal Pleasure Scale; WHO-5, World Health Organisation’s Wellbeing Index; CDSS, Calgary Depression Scale; DPAS, Defeatist Performance Attitude Scale; RTQ, Readiness for Therapy Questionnaire; ERT, Emotion Recognition Task; PSP, Personal and Social Performance Scale; SFS, Social Functioning Scale; SSQ, Simulator Sickness Questionnaire; CSQ, Client Satisfaction Questionnaire.
Table 1.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for study participants.
Table 2.
Secondary clinical, cognitive and functional outcomes and measures.