PROVISION OF MEDICAL CARE FOR RECTAL CANCER BY GENERAL PRACTITIONERS-FAMILY DOCTORS

Objective: to define the scope of coverage by general practitioners-family doctors of the population with targeted preventive examinations and the provision by them of medical care to the population in case of rectal cancer. Materials and methods. In the course of the study, 137 general practitioners-family doctors were interviewed. Statistical processing of the primary data obtained was carried out with the use of modern methods of medical statistics. In the course of the study, the following methods were used: bibliosemantic, sociological, medico-statistical, of structural-and-logical analysis. Results. It was found in the course of the study, that all the surveyed general practitioners-family doctors keep records of the population over the age of 40 persons subject to targeted oncological preventive examinations, but only 17.5% draw up schedules for conducting targeted preventive examinations of the population. Screening examinations of the population for the detection of rectal cancer are carried out by less than 20.0% of respondents. At the same time, only 15.3% of respondents keep records of the population examined for early detection of rectal cancer, and 6.6% keep records of the population with risk factors for the development of rectal cancer. In addition, 34.3% performed the prescriptions of doctors- specialists. Conclusions. The data obtained in the course of sociological research indicate that for general practitioners-family doctors screening examinations of the population over the age of 40 for early detection of rectal cancer are not a priority in their preventive activities. This requires in modern conditions a change in organizational approaches and their motivation and strengthening theoretical and practical training for this type of activity.