“Improving geriatric and gerontological care in the Republic of Kazakhstan” – Марат Оспанов атындағы Батыс Қазақстан медицина университеті


“Improving geriatric and gerontological care in the Republic of Kazakhstan”

Relevance: In Kazakhstan, the subpopulation of those who are 60 years and older constitutes 11,1% of the entire population whereas, e.g., in Germany – 28.0% and in Japan – 33.4% . On the other hand, the birth rate in Kazakhstan reaches 2.6 children/female while in Taiwan or Portugal – only 1.2. Thus, in comparison with many other countries of the world, Kazakhstan’s inhabitants are still relatively young. However, the population of Kazakhstan will be ageing ; hence it is necessary to pose and get answers to questions about the care for older persons in advance.

Purpose of the project: The aim of the study was to characterise the needs of the older inhabitants of Kazakhstan to ultimately create an algorithm to satisfy them.

Expected and achieved results:

  1. A meta-analysis of the problem under study was carried out by the method of scientific search for foreign research materials in the Scopus, Google Scholar, PubMed information databases.
  2. A comparative analysis of data collected from 4 cities of Kazakhstan was carried out. This work began in May 2021 and according to the results of the survey in Aktobe – 200 people, in Kyzylorda – 200 people, in Shymkent – 400 people, in Uralsk – 200 people were surveyed, according to the questionnaire EASY Care Standard -2010. According to the questionnaire “Care for elderly people of advanced age in Kazakhstan”, Uralsk – 200 people; Kyzylorda – 200 people.
  3. A database has been created. STATISTICA 13.0 software (TIBCO software, Poland) was used for statistical analysis. Statistical processing of data on the questionnaire EASY Care Standard -2010.
  4. Was carried out. During the research 4 articles were submitted (1 – to the journal of the Higher Attestation Commission, 2 – Scopus, 1 – Web of Science).
  • Нес “Non-systematic review of the features of pharmacotherapy in the elderly at the stage of taking medications”;
  • “Medical and social efficiency of geriatric service in the Republic of Kazakhstan”;
  • “SWOT-analysis and expert evaluation of the effectiveness of the implementation of medical information systems in polyclinics in Aktobe (Kazakhstan)” for publication in the journals of the scientometric database Scopus with a percentile of at least 50.

Submitted 1 article “Using the EASY Care Standard-2010 questionnaire in global geriatric practice. Literary review” in a peer-reviewed scientific publication included in the COXON of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and included in the publication plan of the journal “Science and Healthcare” for 2021.

Full name of the research group with their identifiers (Scopus Author ID, Researcher ID, ORCID, if available) and links to the relevant profiles:

  1. Head, leading researcher (VNS) – Ermukhanova Lyudmila Sergeevna, ass.professor, Head of the Department “Public Health and Healthcare”, NAO ZKMU named after Marat Ospanov, ORCID: 0000-0001-7703-9649 (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7703-9649?lang=en), Scopus authors ID: 56560101000 (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56560101000), Researcher ID: AAP-9928-2020 https://publons.com/researcher/3687597/lyudmila-yermukhanova/
  2. Senior Researcher (SNS) – Nazarbayeva Rysty Kaztuganovna, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Evidence-based Medicine and Scientific Management of the M. Ospanov ZKMU, ORCID: 0000-0003-3351-1248 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0993-9447
  3. Junior Researcher (MNS) – Abdikadirova Indira Temirkhanovna, PhD in Public Health, Acting Associate Professor of the Department of Public Health and Healthcare of the M. Ospanov ZKMU, ORCID: 0000-0003-2762-684X (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2762-684X), Scopus authors ID: 57191091296 (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57191091296), Researcher ID: ABC-9298-2021.

List of publications:

  1. Yermukhanova L., Ismagulova E., Sultanova G., Nazarbayeva R., Sarsenbayeva G. “Medical and social efficiency of geriatric service in the Republic of Kazakhstan”.
  2. Yermukhanova L., Kimatova K., Nazarbayeva R., Dostanova Z., Aimbetova G. “A non-systematic review of the features of pharmacotherapy in the elderly at the stage of taking medications”
  3. Yermukhanova L., Buribayeva Z., Abdikadirova I., Tursynbekova A., Kurganbekova M. “SWOT analysis and expert evaluation of the effectiveness of the implementation of medical information systems in polyclinics in Aktobe (Kazakhstan)”

“Using the EASY Care Standard-2010 questionnaire in global geriatric practice. Literary review” in a peer-reviewed scientific publication included in the COXON of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and included in the publication plan of the journal “Science and Healthcare” for 2021. Authors: Kimatova K.N., Ermukhanova L.S., Sultanova G.D., Aimbetova G.E., Nazarbayeva R.K., Abdikadirova I.T.