Abstract

The study of the health of modern students is an urgent problem that requires a comprehensive and comprehensive analysis. With the beginning of the COVID-19 coronarovirus pandemic, isolated works devoted to the study of the morbidity of students have been published. In this regard, the study of the morbidity of medical students during the pandemic of a new coronavirus infection is of great practical interest. Purpose. To analyze the morbidity and structure in medical university students before and during the pandemic of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19. Materials and methods. Students of the Smolensk State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (SSMU) took part in a comprehensive study. Research bases -polyclinic, health center, serving university students. Sources of information in the study: reporting and accounting forms of a medical institution, a statistical coupon for registering final diagnoses and reporting documentation of healthcare organizations providing medical care to students. The analysis of morbidity was carried out according to the nomenclature, according to the “International Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death X revision”. Results. The analysis of the overall incidence showed its increase in the pre-pandemic period of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19, and in the first year of the pandemic - a significant decrease with a distinct increase in 2021. The level of primary morbidity in the first year of the pandemic decreased significantly, and in the second year it exceeded the values of primary morbidity, both before the pandemic and the first year of the pandemic. Analysis of the structure of morbidity by incidence, by classes of diseases showed that respiratory diseases were the most frequent among students both in the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods. Conclusions. Thus, in the pre-pandemic period, there was an increase in both general and primary morbidity, as well as in all classes of diseases. Respiratory diseases were in the leading ranking place. In the first year of the pandemic, there was a decrease in the level of general, primary morbidity and the level of morbidity in almost all classes of diseases. In the second year of the pandemic, there was a significant increase in these indicators.

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