Аннотация:INTRODUCTION: The success of schizophrenia patient rehabilitation depends on the value reassessment that occurs during the rehabilitation period. For a differentiated approach to patients with schizophrenia, the role gender plays is important.
The task: identification of gender specific factors in the value orientations of schizophrenia patients.
Purpose: to compare close and rejected values of men and women with schizophrenia
METHODS: 111 patients diagnosed with F20XX according to ICD-10, 53 men and 68 women, aged 35 ± 9 with a disease duration of 5.4 ± 4.5, underwent a formalized clinical interview where they chose close and rejected values (direct naming), compared the values among themselves (the hierarchy analysis method) and reported values that had changed after the illness. The values the subjects worked with were then divided into clusters of abstract, interpersonal communication, social strength and self-realization values.
Results: Significant differences in close value choices between men and women with schizophrenia are found in family (p <0.01), friendship (p <0.01), faith (p <0.01), freedom (p <0 ,1) categories.
Conclusion: Men and women with schizophrenia differ in their value choices, which points to the different goals for rehabilitation and social adaptation. Women with schizophrenia remain focused on interpersonal communication, family values score significantly higher than men who directly deny or do not support these clusters of values. For men, an orientation toward abstract and religious values is characteristic, which should be taken into account when setting rehabilitation goals.