Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and state of war on the availability and quality of mental health services

Abstract

Aim: To investigate the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and the conditions of state of war in Ukraine on the availability and quality of services in the field of mental health and to improve further research in this direction. Materials and Methods: Bibliographic, epidemiological, sociological, statistical methods were used in the research. The sociological survey covered 315 respondents in Kyiv region and 206 respondents in Kyiv. The quality and availability of mental health care for patients in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing state of war were assessed on a scale from 1 to 7 points. The correlational analysis was performed by the use of Spearman’s, Kendall’s, gamma rank correlation coefficients.