DATA OF DISPENSARY EXAMINATION OF TEENAGERS IN THE SHALINSKY DISTRICT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHECHNYA

Abstract

Introduction. Detection of early deviations in health is possible during preventive medical examinations. Purposes and tasks: assessment of the health status of schoolchildren in the Republic of Chechnya. Material and methods. Within the framework of the clinical examination, 327 secondary school students of the Shali region (138 girls and 189 boys) aged from 14 to 17 were examined. Completed: somatometry; examination by a pediatrician, pediatric endocrinologist, obstetrician- gynecologist, otorhinolaryngologist, pediatric dentist, ophthalmologist, pediatric surgeon, pediatric urologist- andrologist and orthopedic traumatologist. The assessment of physical development is given according to the standards “WHO Growth Reference 2007”. Results. Average physical development was in 78.3±2.3% of schoolchildren; harmonious — in 60.4±2.7% of students. Disharmonious variants of physical development caused by a defi cit in body weight were observed more often (21.7±2.3%) than those caused by excess nutrition (17.9±2.4%). A high prevalence of endemic goiter was revealed (28.3±2.4%); dental caries (65.1±2.6%); posture disorders (32.1±2.5%); chronic tonsillitis (36.8±2.7%); decrease in visual acuity (33.1±2.6%); various options for menstrual irregularities (in 54.3±4.2% of girls). According to the dispensary examination, the II health group was identifi ed in 66.6±3.4% of boys and 65.2±4.1% of girls; Group III in 33.4±3.4% and 34.8±4.1%, respectively. Conclusion. Analysis of the data obtained allows planning measures for further examination, treatment, rehabilitation and dispensary observation of students in the Shali district of Chechnya.