Emotional condition of children in eastern Ukraine

Oleg Panchenko, Anastasiia Kabantseva, Zbigniew Śliwiński

Oleg Panchenko, Anastasiia Kabantseva, Zbigniew Śliwiński – Emotional condition of children in eastern Ukraine. Fizjoterapia Polska 2021; 21(4); 184-188

Abstract
Aim of the study. diagnosis and prognosis of mental disorders of preschool children who live in eastern Ukraine during armed conflict. Materials and methods. 1308 children aged 5–7 years old of Donetsk region were studied in the period of 2014–2018 years. Observation, conversation, psychodiagnostics and statistical methods were used. Results. Most respondents had fears of different nature (61.2%), anxiety, concern, worry (53.2%), manifestations of aggression (36.7%) and low self-esteem (18.4%). The dynamics of these indicators over the years remained at a high level. Also, the emotional state of parents and family atmosphere affected on the state of children’s health. Fathers’ neglect causes the need for additional attention (r = 0.305; p ≤ 0.01), while mothers’ neglect causes anxiety (r = 0.322; p ≤ 0.01) and neurotic states (r = 0.331; p ≤ 0.01). Conclusions. Armed conflict, social and legal difficulties in Ukraine demoralize society and pose a threat to the full children’s development. The results of the research emphasize the importance of organizing dynamic diagnostics of children’s mental health, as well as regulating appropriate measures for the prevention and elimination of negative emotional manifestations among children through the implementation of the medical-psychological and pedagogical system accompanying them.
Key words:
children, emotional disturbances, aggression, anxiety, war, Donbass, Ukraine
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Collaboration of specialists in the rehabilitation of spine pathology

Oleg Panchenko, Zbigniew Śliwiński, Anastasiia Kabantseva, Nataliia Tsapro

O. Panchenko, Z. Śliwiński, A. Kabantseva, N. Tsapro – Collaboration of specialists in the rehabilitation of spine pathology. Fizjoterapia Polska 2021; 21(4); 96-102

Abstract
To study the influence of the negative psychological state of children and adolescents living on the territory of hostilities, on the formation and course of spinal pathology. The sample consisted of 1467 people aged 5–18-year-old, whose parents had no complaints of the child’s spinal pathology, i.e. “relatively healthy children in respect of spinal pathology.” The growth of pathology of the spine during periods of intensive growth of the child was confirmed: in the 5–7-year-old age group for 3.49% of children, in the 8-10-year-old age group for 13.78%, in the 10-14-year-old age group for 17.89%, in the 15–17-year-old age group for 25.15% respectively. An increase in the prevalence of scoliosis in the Donetsk oblast (excluding the temporarily occupied territories) at the level of 28.26 cases per 1,000 schoolchildren, which is more than in other regions of Ukraine. The similarity of the pathogenesis of scoliosis, stress, and hypercalciuria was determined, which explains the data obtained by us on the prevalence of scoliosis in the ATO area, actually 95.89 cases per 1000 children, and 251.53 cases per 1000 adolescents aged 15-18-year-old. The manifestations of autonomic disturbances (rs = 0.34, p ≤ 0.01), sleep disturbances (rs = 0.43, p ≤ 0.01), anxiety (rs = 0.43, p ≤ 0.01) is increased among children with significant fear of war. There is a need to consider scoliosis as a stressor, and therefore children with scoliosis should get psychological rehabilitation and expert advice.
Key words:
scoliosis, stress, hypercalciuria, children, adolescents, rehabilitation
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