Features of patient activation in relation to prevention during martial law in Ukraine.

Abstract

Patient activation involves participation in the organisation of health care and the creation of conditions for improving one's own health, responsibility, compliance with the doctor's recommendations, and shared decision-making. Patient activation and its counterpart, preventive health behaviour, are strengthened by health literacy and doctor-patient interaction. According to the results of the study on the health behaviour of the economically active population of Bukovyna, the known predictors of preventive activity are a healthy lifestyle, i.e. a healthy diet, in particular a sufficient amount of fruit in the diet, active physical exercise and an annual visit to the doctor for preventive purposes. Bad habits such as smoking and frequent alcohol consumption were not considered by the respondents to be an obstacle to maintaining health (Vlasyk, 2021). However, the understanding of established things and values changed during the pandemic and then during martial law. It is important to predict what changes in patient activation occurred during martial law in Ukraine. The aim of the study. Our aim was to study how people's rethinking of life values (including health) might affect preventive healthcare activities during wartime.