title: Needs of Hospitalized Schizophrenic Patients in the North Moravia and the Czech Part of Silesia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The main aim of the study was to investigate the physiological and social needs of patients hospitalized with schizophrenia to uncover potential issues in these areas.
  
  
  METHODS
  The relevant self-evaluating CANSAS questionnaire for physiological and social needs was used by nurses in a cohort of hospitalized schizophrenic patients undergoing rehabilitation before discharge from the mental hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two hundred and forty-four patients (women N = 115) aged 18-58 years were involved in the study. Intimate relations, financial matters, treatment of psychotic symptoms, and sexual life were among the most pressing physiological and social needs in our study subjects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of our study should stimulate psychiatric nurses in their effort not only to detect but also address the problems of schizophrenic patients concerning unfulfilled needs.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nursing, Faculty of Public Policies, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic. jirina.hosakova@fvp.slu.cz.
authors.forename: Jiřina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hosáková
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Ladislav
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hosák
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018153:Czech Republic; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Mental Health Care Reform; Physiological and Social Needs; Psychiatric Nursing; Schizophrenia