Ukrainian war trauma patients abroad: the rehabilitation process in light of language barriers, cultural differences, war, and infection isolation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study the rehabilitation of Ukrainian war trauma patients abroad, focusing on 5 areas of particular interest: communication, cultural differences, infection isolation, psychosocial load, and the rehabilitation process.

Design

Observational study.

Subjects

(i) 14 Ukrainian patients who underwent rehabilitation at Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, Norway; (ii) 15 members of multidisciplinary teams providing war trauma rehabilitation.

Methods

Combined methods.

Patients

medical file review, Client Satisfaction Questionnaire 8, custom questionnaire on the 5 focal areas. Hospital staff: focus-group interviews.

Results

Patients preferred professional interpreters, while multilingual staff served an additional role in providing psychological s

SUBMITTER: Kraby MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12359811 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature