Prevalence of neuropsychiatric disorders in internally displaced persons with dementia during wartime in Ukraine

• DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.536
• Publication Date: 2023-08-08T09:24:45Z
• Authors: M. Dzis; L. Rakhman
• Keywords: Apathy; Neurocognitive

Introduction During the second wave of Russia-Ukraine war, around 8 million were internally displaced. Negative mental health impact war cannot be underestimate. Among displaced persons (IDPs), particularly vulnerable category is people with neurocognitive deficits. Stress associated displacement may cause a change not only in cognitive functions, but also affect onset or evaluation behavioral and psychological symptoms. Objectives to study prevalence neuropsychiatric disorders hospitalized patients dementia, who compare general population frequency. Methods 64 IDPs dementia (moderate severe deficits) examined during March-September 2022. Cases newly arrived taken into account, after 1 30 days had passed since their relocation. The diagnosis was verified based on ICD-10 criteria (F00-F01). degree deficit determined using MMSE MoCA tests. Affective pathology studied HAM-D, HAM-A, PHQ-9, AES scales. Psychotic symptoms clinical examination medical records. conducted Lviv Regional Psychiatric Hospital. Results among patients, 60 (94% all examined) disorders. this sample, (an isolated symptom combination two more symptoms) occurred following frequency: apathy 16 (26.7%), anxiety49 (81.7%), depressive 32 (53.3%), agitation aggression 41 (68.3%), hallucinatory (13.3%), delusional 34 (56.7%), wandering disorientation 18 (30%), refusal food medicine 12 (20%) Image: Conclusions In frequency occurrence certain syndromes differed from average same symptomatology population. particular, anxiety 42% often than (with 81% vs 39%), - 28% (68% 40%), delusions 16% (57% 31%). At time, such as (by 19%) eat 14%) observed less Disclosure Interest None Declared