Current situation in providing medical care for burn injuries in Ukraine: public opinion

Chornopyshchuk R. M., Nagaichuk V. I., Kozinets G. P., Nazarchuk О. A., Turganska O. S., Khimich S. D., Zheliba M. D. Current situation in providing medical care for burn injuries in Ukraine: public opinion. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2022;12(1):408-418. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2022.12.01.035 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2022.12.01.035 https://zenodo.org/record/6499015 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 1, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 1 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe:Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2022; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 15.12.2021. Revised: 25.12.2021. Accepted: 31.01.2022. CURRENT SITUATION IN PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE FOR BURN INJURIES IN UKRAINE: PUBLIC OPINION R. M. Chornopyshchuk1, V. I. Nagaichuk1, G. P. Kozinets2, О. A. Nazarchuk1, O. S. Turganska3, S. D. Khimich1, M. D. Zheliba1 1National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya, Ukraine 2Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine 3Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Vinnytsya, Ukraine Chornopyshchuk R. M. – https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5422-7495 Nagaichuk V. I. – https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6345-4921 Kozinets G. – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0960-2265 Nazarchuk О. – https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7581-0938 Turganska O. S. – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2636-354X Khimich S. D. – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8643-2140 Zheliba M. D – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9299-895X Abstract The results of assessment of specialized medical assistance to burn victims are presented in the article, they being based not on standard statistical figures from burn units and centers but on anonymous online survey of 486 respondents (60.5% of them - the residents of Vinnytsya region). The aim of this questionnaire-based survey was to study the level of awareness of Ukrainian population regarding the principles of providing first aid for burn injuries, as well as the availability, quality and shortcomings of current burn care in medical institutions based on the assessment of discharged patients. For this purpose, a 37-item questionnaire was developed, being divided into some blocks: general information about respondents, pre-medical aid, first medical aid, qualified medical aid and specialized medical care. According to the questionnaire, 76.9% of respondents rated the quality of medical care 5 scores by 5-score system, 17.9% - 4 scores, 5.2% - 3 scores, being indicative of rather high level of burn care, even in conditions of limited material, technical and financial resources, as well as rapid decrease of confidence in doctors in general. Online survey conducted in every region of Ukraine seems to be reasonable to make adequate assessment of study problem in the country in general. Key words: Burns; Trend; Knowledge; Management; First aid; Health services; Ukraine