GENDER DIFFERENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND MEDICAL ACTIVITY OF PATIENTS WITH DORSOPATHIES

Aim: comparative study of attitudes towards health and medical activity of patients – men and women with dorsopathies. Materials and methods. The writing of this article is based on the materials of sociological 439 male patients (51.1%) and women (48.9%), mean age 44.1 ± 13.9 and 46.1 ± 16.2 years, respectively) undergoing in-patient treatment and rehabilitation in the Republican hospital of rehabilitation treatment in Makhachkala. When carrying out mathematical processing, methods of variational statistics were used. Results. It is established that women assess their health lower than men. In this case, both men and women most often put health first. When conducting the questionnaire, it was revealed that less than half of the respondents regularly observed with the doctor about the chronic diseases they had. There were revealed gender differences in the frequency of visiting a doctor for chronic diseases. It is established that men are reliably more likely than women to be hindered in full implementation of the doctor's appointment employment at work, lack of desire and the presence of bad habits. According to the data received, half of respondents engaged in self-treatment. Conclusions. Women tend to assess their health lower than men. As a result of the survey, a reliable gender difference in opinion about the impact on health formation of such a factor as social stability and confidence was established. Much more importance was given to this factor of the man – in 17,5% against 4,7% of cases (p<0,05). When conducting the questionnaire it was found that only 44.3% of the respondents regularly observed with the doctor about their chronic diseases. There were revealed gender differences in the frequency of visiting a doctor for chronic diseases: 26.2% of males and 18.7% of females do not address the specialist at all. Among women, 1.4 times more than among men who always follow preventive recommendations (37.7% and 26.2%, respectively). In the opinion of men, they are reliably more likely than women to be hampered in full implementation of doctor's appointments at work, lack of desire and the presence of bad habits. Self-treatment was practiced by half of the respondents, with women slightly dominating them – 52.9% versus 47.1% among men.