Assessment of the quality of knowledge about medical rehabilitation among doctors

Abstract

BACKGROUND: every year in the world, up to 1.5 million primary cases of breast cancer are verified and more than 500 thousand women die. More than 60% of patients diagnosed with breast cancer report functional disorders both during treatment and after its completion. In recent years, the attention of scientists and doctors has been paid to the rehabilitation of cancer patients. But questions remain open concerning the awareness and qualifications of doctors working in the field of medical rehabilitation of the problem of malignant neoplasms of the breast and the organization of medical rehabilitation in medical organizations providing medical care to patients in the field of oncology.

AIMS: to determine the level of knowledge among doctors of various specialties planning to work in the field of physical and rehabilitation medicine on the problem of medical rehabilitation of patients with malignant neoplasms of the mammary gland.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: а survey was conducted on a questionnaire developed at the Department of Physical Therapy, Sports Medicine and Medical Rehabilitation of the Russian Ministry of Health, which included 211 doctors working in 38 medical institutions in the profile “medical rehabilitation”, 6 clinical specialties.

RESULTS: the questionnaire survey demonstrated the relevance of the problem for the clinical activities of specialists working in the field of physical and medical rehabilitation (89.5%), however, the lack of knowledge in 72.7% of respondents creates the need to increase the level of professional competencies of specialists, namely, conducting specialized and multidisciplinary seminars and conferences, the introduction of new training programs for advanced training.

CONCLUSION: The questionnaire created by us is a reliable tool for assessing the level of knowledge of medical professionals. The conducted research allows us to conclude that doctors are not sufficiently knowledgeable in the field of medical rehabilitation of cancer patients. In this regard, it is undoubtedly important to inform all doctors planning further work in the field of physical and rehabilitation medicine about modern research, methods of treatment and rehabilitation of patients with malignant neoplasms of the breast.

Keywords

medical rehabilitation / malignant neoplasms of the mammary gland / questionnaire survey / pre-rehabilitation / stage 1 of medical rehabilitation

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