SINTOMATOLOGÍA Y FACTORES PSICOSOCIALES EN LA EVOLUCIÓN CLÍNICA DE LOS PACIENTES CON DIAGNÓSTICO DE ESQUIZOFRENIA EN EL INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder that causes a high percentage of disability in its patients and represents a major economic and social burden. This study aims to find the influence of psychosocial factors such as poverty, psychological trauma, unemployment, among others, on the evolution of schizophrenia according to the outcomes of clinical predominance, number and duration of hospital admissions and self-injury attempts. No significant relationship was found between the presence and number of psychosocial factors with any of the outcomes. However, a significant relationship was found between a negative clinical predominance with a longer duration of hospital stays, as observed in medical literature.