Abstract：Objective To analyze the comprehensive characteristics of homeless patients with schizophrenia in order to take more effective reference for patient′s rehabilitation and management. Methods 326 homeless schizophrenia inpatients hospitalized from March 2013 to March 2014 were enrolled as the study group. 326 non-homeless schizophrenia inpatients hospitalized at the same period were randomly selected as the control group. The general data, disease diagnosis, accompanying homeopathy, aggressive behavior and curative effect were statistically analyzed. Results Compared with the control group, the patients in the study group were less educated and many of them were from rural areas, unmarried and unemployed, the difference showing statistical significance (P<0.01), with more complicating physical illness (P<0.01), the medication effect was poor (P<0.01). Although there were no differences between the two groups of aggressive behavior incidence (P>0.05), but the attack behavior had difference (χ2=8.406,P<0.05). The study group had much more physical attacks, and the control group had much more verbal attacks. Conclusion There is significant difference in clinical characteristic between homeless patients with schizophrenia and non-homeless patients with schizophrenia. So it is necessary to develop the targeted measures of rehabilitation and strengthening management for homeless patients with schizophrenia.
