PREVALENCE AND FACTORS OF PROFESSIONAL BURNOUT AMONG PRIMARY HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN: RESULTS OF A NATIONAL STUDY.

Unlabelled: Professional burnout is a significant issue in healthcare, particularly among primary healthcare (PHC) workers. This study aims to assess the prevalence and contributing factors to professional burnout among PHC workers in Kazakhstan, a country undergoing healthcare reforms and the implementation of new medical care standards.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from 2021 to 2023 across 324 medical organizations in Kazakhstan, including 232 organizations in 2021, 76 in 2022, and 16 in 2023.

Changes in national rates of psychiatric beds and incarceration in Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia from 1990-2019: A retrospective database analysis.

Background: Numbers of psychiatric beds (general, forensic, and residential) and prison populations have been considered to be indicators of institutionalisation of people with mental illnesses. The present study aimed to assess changes of those indicators across Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CEECA) over the last three decades to capture how care has developed during that historical period.

Methods: We retrospectively obtained data on numbers of psychiatric beds and prison populations from 30 countries in CEECA between 1990 and 2019.

The self-coping method in online psychological aid at COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Today pandemic has set challenges for psychologists and psychotherapists in providing online first psychological aid to the community.

Aim: At such moments, society especially needs psychological support, which should be feasible, short-term, and effective.

Settings And Design: A method of self-coping, based on the concepts of behavioral and cognitive psychology.

Social characteristics of psychological distress in a disadvantaged urban area of Kazakhstan.

The present study aimed to systematically assess the association of socio-economic characteristics and psychological distress in a disadvantaged urban area of a post-Soviet Republic. Psychological distress was assessed in a random sample of 200 persons, aged 18-57, living in a disadvantaged urban area of Kazakhstan using the General Health Questionnaire with 28 items (GHQ-28). Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to examine the association of social characteristics and psychological distress.

Psychometric properties of a Russian version of the General Health Questionnaire-28.

Background: The 28-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) is a scaled version of the General Health Questionnaire that has been used internationally to screen for mental disorders in nonpsychiatric populations. There is great need to validate international screening instruments in the Russian language for their use in post-Soviet countries.

Methods: 200 persons were surveyed in a deprived area of Almaty, Kazakhstan using the Russian version of the GHQ-28 and socioeconomic measures (income level, employment situation and education).