Introduction:

There is a lack of consensus among experts on the clinical symptoms and conceptualization of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that affects thinking, emotions, and behavior. The etiology of the disease is not well defined.

Objective:

To characterize adult schizophrenic patients admitted to the institution.

Methods:

Descriptive study was carried out for characterization of the hospitalized adult with schizophrenia taking into account age and sex, physical independence, behavior, cognition, affectivity, positive and negative symptoms and level of rehabilitation. It was worked with an intentional sample consisting of adults diagnosed with schizophrenia admitted to the hospital, in the period from 2018 to 2022, with a minimum of six months of hospital stay, n = 64.

Results:

The predominant sex was male 62.5%, minimum dependent physical independence with 51.57%, affected exponent with greater representativeness was cognition in 100%, disorganization of thought and affective blunting stand out with 100 and 87.69% respectively, with the most preponderant rehabilitation level being level 4 for 29.23%.

Conclusions:

The proper characterization of patients with schizophrenia hospitalized in the Provincial Teaching Psychiatric Hospital of Sancti Spíritus, facilitates the work aimed at promoting social relationships through actions that improve their health status. One in seven patients with schizophrenia can achieve functional recovery if adequate comprehensive rehabilitation is available.

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