RESULTS OF THE PROPHYLACTIC EXAMINATIONS OF CHILDREN UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MOSCOW OUT-PATIENT CLINIC

Abstract

Aim: to analyze the results of prophylactic follow-ups at the fixed periods of time of children of various age groups (younger than 1 year old, 1–14 years old and 15–17 years old) attached to Moscow municipal pediatric out-patient clinic №118 during 2007–2011 years. Patients and methods: methods of medical and mathematical statistics were used. Form № 31 «Information on medical care for children and school-aged adolescents» was used. Results: children population of the region was 10 000 on average. The data on children’s physical development since their birth and their distribution among health groups on medical examinations are shown in the article.  The majority of children (both boys and girls) had normal physical development; the prevalence of such children increased during the follow-up period. The number of preterm children has been decreasing. The distribution of children among health groups has stable pattern. More than a half examined children have the second health group, about one third — the first group. The authors showed dynamics of functional deviations (hearing and vision impairment, speech disorders and poor posture) in pre-school and school children. Conclusions: determination of children among the health group has a stable pattern; yearly the amount of children and school adolescents observed in out-patient clinics has been increasing; the prevalence of revealed on prophylactic examinations disorders has been decreasing, however, in an age aspect there is an increase of children with the above-mentioned disorders.