Social-and-cultural adaptation of foreign patients in the process of treatment by transosseous osteosynthesis method

The results of the study on social and cultural adaptation of 14 foreign patients that were treated at RISC ―RTO‖ within the period from 2005 to 2008 are shown. Total periods of their individual treatment varied from 6 to 11 months. It was established that the process of their psychological and emotional adaptation occurred by stages and was complicated by prolonged information deficit, which was caused by language barrier as well. It leads to psychological intolerance, aggressiveness, and lower sociability. On the whole, the behavioural features of the treated patients can be described as ―culture shock‖ which at initial stages manifests itself in anxiety, aggressiveness and diffidence followed by gradual improvement (adaptation stages 4 and 5) in more positive spirits and confidence in the future.