ANALYSIS OF DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION NEEDS OF THE ANTI-TERRORIST OPERATION/JOINT FORCES OPERATION PARTICIPANTS IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The purpose of the study - to conduct an analysis of the disability of ATO/JFO participants in 2014-2021 with a detailed comparative analysis of data of 2021 and determination of the needs of the mentioned contingent in rehabilitation devices. Operational information was collected according to the statistic form of ATO/OOS participants examined at the medical and social expert commissions: developed by the authors statistical form "Report on the causes of disability, indications for medical, professional and social rehabilitation in ATO participants for _____ year", which was summarized and processed. Materials were collected from 2014 to 2021. More than a half of those recognized for the first time as disabled, 2,997 people in 2021 (86.0%), 2,624 people in 2020 (81.2%), 3,297 people in 2019 (79.3%), 2,848 people (75.5%) in 2018 and 1,859 people (65.0%) in 2017 - received the disability group not as a result of traumatic injuries, but for other unspecified reasons that did not have a traumatization factor. The main causes of disability were diseases of the circulatory system (47.9%), musculoskeletal system (13.4%), mental and behavioral disorders (7.2%), neoplasms (3.8%), diseases of the nervous system (3.3%), endocrine diseases, nutritional disorders, and metabolic disorders (3.2%), diseases of the digestive organs (2.0%), some infectious and parasitic diseases (1.6%), respiratory diseases (1.3%) and other reasons (0.7%). In 2021, less than ¼ (14.0%) of ATO/JFO participants were initially recognized as disabled due to various traumatic injuries, which is 25.5% less than in 2020. Among the patients with injuries of the musculoskeletal system, prevailed the victims with injuries of the lower extremities - 92 people, with injuries of the upper extremities - 44 people, polytraumas 38 people, combined injuries - 22 people. Traumatic lesions of the spinal cord led to the onset of disability in 7 persons, traumatic eye lesions in 12 persons. Medical rehabilitation services, including restorative treatment, reconstructive surgery, and orthotics, were the most needed among the examined ATO/JFO participants. More than half of the participants of ATO/JFO received the disability group due to other reasons that did not have a trauma factor, not traumatic injuries. Traumatic brain lesions accounted for 6.9% of the total number of ATO/JFO participants recognized as disabled, musculoskeletal injuries - 3.9%. 1.1% were recognized as disabled due to polytraumas, 0.2% due to combined injuries. Traumatic lesions of the spinal cord led to the onset of disability in 0.2%. With a traumatic eye injury, 0.3% were recognized as disabled. Complicated limb injuries with damage to peripheral nerves accounted for 0.1% and blood vessels - 0.1%. Medical rehabilitation services, including restorative treatment, reconstructive surgery, and orthotics, were the most needed among ATO/JFO participants examined. The increase in the number of ATO/JFO participants initially recognized as disabled due to reasons not related to traumatic lesions requires further careful analysis, determination of the reasons for such a situation and the development of effective measures for the prevention of disability and the return of lost functionality in the specified contingent, which will become the topic of further research.