STUDY OF THE MAIN INDICATORS OF THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL CARE TO PATIENTS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS WHO UNDERWENT INPATIENT TREATMENT AT THE PRYKARPATTIAN REGIONAL CLINICAL CENTER OF MENTAL HEALTH

Abstract

Introduction. According to WHO data, approximately 450 million people suffer from mental disorders in the world today. Our country is no exception. Over 282,000 people with mental illnesses have also been registered in Ukraine in recent years. The number of people with mental disorders among the population of Ukraine is approximately 4–5 %. Mental illness is a big and underestimated problem for our society. There are many reasons for this: the high prevalence of mental disorders, the insufficient level of requests for help from medical personnel, and the high level of stigmatization of patients. There are also significant economic losses, as the costs of treating patients with mental illness are high.

The aim of the study – to study the features of providing long-term care services for patients who were in hospital treatment at the Communal Non-Profit Enterprise «Prykarpattia Regional Clinical Center of Mental Health of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Council» during 2020–2022, and to investigate the structure of these patients.

The main part. Our research revealed that over the past three years, there has been a steady increase in the number of patients who received inpatient psychiatric care. There is a predominance of men among the patients who received inpatient psychiatric care. Additionally, the specific share of the urban population has been increasing over the past three years among the patients who were provided with inpatient psychiatric care. During the past three years, the number of patients with the following diseases increased: organic disorders, including symptomatic ones, dementia, personality and behavior disorders of organic etiology, disorders due to the use of surfactants, schizophrenia, neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders, mature personality and behavior disorders in adults and behavioral and emotional disorders that usually begin in childhood and adolescence. Over the past three years, the number of bed-patients with the following diseases has increased: organic disorders, including symptomatic, personality and behavioral disorders of organic etiology, disorders due to the use of surfactants, schizophrenia, neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders, mature personality and behavioral disorders in adults, behavioral and emotional disorders that usually begin in childhood and adolescence. Patients with dementia were mostly hospitalized for more than 6 months.

Conclusions. Over the past three years, there has been a steady increase in the number of patients who received inpatient psychiatric care. Among the patients who were provided with inpatient psychiatric care, there is a predominance of men. During three years, the number of patients with the following diseases increased: organic disorders, including symptomatic ones, dementia, personality and behavioral disorders of organic etiology, disorders due to the use of surfactants, schizophrenia, neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders, mature personality disorders and behavior in adults and behavioral and emotional disorders that usually begin in childhood and adolescence. Most of the patients who needed long-term care were hospitalized with dementia for more than 6 months.