Results of a survey of parents about the organization of medical rehabilitation for children with the consequences of perinatal diseases

Introduction. The effectiveness of any type of medical care for children is observed and measured by specialists and parents, whose participation is especially important in the rehabilitation of children with the consequences of diseases of the perinatal period.The aim of the work was to identify parents' attitudes toward the organization of multilevel medical rehabilitation of children with the consequences of perinatal diseases.Materials and methods An analysis of the results of a sociological survey of 295 parents whose children underwent rehabilitation/rehabilitation in the catamnesis service of one of the first catamnesis centers in the Russian Federation, established in St. Petersburg on the basis of the Children's City Multiprofile Clinical Specialized Center of High Medical Technologies was conducted.Results and discussion More than one month after discharge from the hospital, 80.0 % (N = 236) of those who noted an unsatisfactory state of the child applied to the follow-up service. The parents interviewed rated the work of the catamnesis office with their children very highly. The average rating on a five-point scale was 4.96 ± 0.1. Parents noted that during the visit to the follow-up care unit all the children were examined by the medical specialists according to the profile of the disease, almost two-thirds of the children (62,9 %, N = 186) had laboratory tests, 37,0 % (N = 109) had instrumental studies, and more than half (57,1 %, N = 168) underwent psycho-pedagogical diagnostics of development. All parents were given recommendations for further action by specialists at the Center after the rehabilitation/ habilitation course was completed. On the whole, the vast majority (92.7 %, N = 273) of the parents surveyed were satisfied with the system of organization of medical aid. The results show the high efficiency of the rehabilitation service.Conclusion According to the results of the analysis of the questionnaire, parents' satisfaction with the organization of rehabilitation and habilitation assistance for children was quite high.