Results of the survey of the physicians opinion on medical rehabilitation organization of children in Russian federation regions

• Main Author: I. G. Samojlova
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Journal Infectology 2018-07-01
• Series: Žurnal Infektologii
• Subjects: childhood infectious diseases; rehabilitation of children; diseases of the nervous system; accessibility
• Online Access: https://journal.niidi.ru/jofin/article/view/732

The purpose of the study: the study of expert opinions of specialists from different regions of the Russian Federation on the  organization of rehabilitation of children with diseases of the central  and/or peripheral nervous system, including pediatric patients after the neuroinfections.Materials and methods: The scientific method of expert evaluation  of the state and prospects of the development of children’s rehabilitation in the regions of the Russian Federation:  the North-Western, Southern and Central Federal Districts was used.Results: physicians in different regions of the Russian Federation as  a whole have professional work experience related to issues of  providing rehabilitation assistance to children. However, only a little  more than a third of medical workers working in the field of  rehabilitation care for children received special training in the  medical rehabilitation of children with diseases of the central and  peripheral nervous system. Existing system of organizing children’s  rehabilitation in the North-West Federal District turned out to be more effective. Nevertheless, the problem of high technology development and the difficult situation with trained  medical personnel in the rehabilitation system turned out to be  relevant for the latter region. Among the proposals to improve the effectiveness of rehabilitation of children with diseases of the central and / or peripheral nervous system, specialists noted the  need to introduce new (for certain institution) types and methods of  rehabilitation, increase funding and logistics for medical  organizations, resolve the issue with the training of rehabilitation  specialists for work with this contingent of sick children, expand the  network of medical rehabilitation centers and improve the  accessibility of sanatoriums and resorts where treatment is performed on a budgetary basis.Conclusion: the study revealed the presence of organizational problems in providing rehabilitation care for children with diseases of the central and / or peripheral nervous  system in different regions of Russia.