There were approximately 20.000 patients with schizophrenia facing various psychosocial problems according to the State Mental Health Center's 2004 year's data. One of the most serious problems were suicidal attempts. That's why we aim to explore nursing demands in patients with schizophrenia after hospital treatment.

Research was carried out in four Kaunas primary mental health centers, from July to September, 2006. We used standardized international mental health quality of life scale questionnaire implemented by Phillip W. Long (2003). Our group was randomly selected and consisted of 123 patients with schizophrenia aging from 18 to 65 years.

Several main problems were disclosed: 46,0 % of respondents noted reduced everyday home activities, 68,0 % mentioned physical fatigue, apathy 60,0 %, sleep disorders 81,0 %, memory and attention disorders 64,0 %, communication problems 76,0 % . Depressed mood was found in 56, 0 % respondents and 25, 0 % had suicidal attempt. We disclosed statistically confident correlation between disease duration and suicidal attempts (p < 0, 05). There were more suicidal attempts in younger patients than others (p < 0, 05).

Most frequent everyday and self-care problems were: (1) unemployment, poor incomes, sleep disorders, difficulties in household activities; (2) physical fatigue, memory and attention disorders; (3) everyday and self-care problems most frequently occurred with older respondents.

Patients with schizophrenia encounter communication problems with friends and relatives irrespective to their age. The most frequent emotional problems were: apathy 60, 0 %, depression 56, 0 %, lack of self- confidence 49%.