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Subject. A review of the literature devoted to an urgent topic in practical healthcare – the creation of prognostic criteria for the digitalization of medical activity, including diseases of the maxillofacial region. Methodology. The data of special literature were studied using scientific search library databases: Pub Med, Elibrary, Cochrane, Rospatent platform. Literature analysis was carried out on 31 sources. Results. Forecasting is an important element in digital technologies. Despite the fact that forecasting is often called the preliminary part of the work, it represents a scientific prediction of the most likely changes in the state of the healthcare industry, the needs of society for medical services, the production capabilities of medicine, the directions of technical progress of the industry. The authors present a comparative analysis of data on the developed methods of creating prognostic models, in particular, for diseases of the maxillofacial region, and the possibility of their digitalization within the framework of practical health care. Conclusions. Forecasting the activity of practical healthcare is an important element of optimizing information data, diagnostic criteria for treatment, and the choice of treatment tactics depending on the expected prognostic factors, which may affect the favorable outcome of diseases, and, accordingly, will improve the quality of treatment of patients. However, it must be borne in mind that forecasting in medical activity must necessarily be based on a scientific approach, taking into account the clinical and statistical analysis of all factors affecting the prognosis, since innovations in practical healthcare improve matters only if they appear on the soil cultivated by the efforts of science.

Long-living persons of our country are people who lived past 90 years of age. Their childhood, adolescence and youth passed during the years of the Second World War and the period of the country's reconstruction after it. The main task in providing qualified dental orthopedic care to patients of this age group should be ensuring an acceptable quality of life associated with dental health through making dental prosthetic structures that meet high functional and aesthetic requirements. The need for a deep comprehensive study of dental orthopedic morbidity, methods of dental orthopedic rehabilitation and improving the life quality of patients belonging to this age group determined the relevance and purpose of this study. Research material and methods. The object of the study was long-living persons, aged 90 years old and older, who sought dental orthopedic care in municipal healthcare institutions of Cheboksary, the Chuvash Republic. The sample size was 111 people. Results. It was found that the maximum number of patients in the age group of 90 years and older – 64 people (57.7%) – had completely absent teeth. The analysis of dentition defects by Kennedy classification showed that the maximum number of patients – 19 persons (17.1%) – had bounded edentuous spaces in the lateral parts of their dentition, a smaller number – 16 persons (14.4%) – had unilateral free-end saddle, 10 persons (9.0%) had bilateral free-end saddle and the minimum number of patients – 2 persons (1.8%) – had defects in the anterior part of the dentition. The analysis of dental prosthetic structures mounted in patients of "Centenarians" age showed that the volume of pin structures was 28.4%; artificial crowns – 36.0%; bridge prostheses – 11.6%; removable plate prostheses in partial loss of teeth – 8.0%; clasp prostheses – 2.5%; removable plate prostheses in complete loss of teeth – 13.5%. Conclusions. Patients-long-living persons made up the smallest group. The study of their dental orthopedic morbidity showed that completely absent dentition was most often diagnosed. It was in this age group of patients that the duration of dentition defects increased, according to Kennedy classification, which required more frequent use of removable orthopedic structures as dental orthopedic rehabilitation.

Subject. digital technologies used by the service of examination of temporary disability associated with a dental disease and their adoption in dental medical organizations of the Republic of Tatarstan. The aim — to develop a computer simulation program for predicting the duration of temporary disability associated with a dental disease. Results. Odontogenic inflammatory processes, which were identified in 66.1% of the cases, represented the largest proportion of causes of temporary disability in patients of dental medical organizations. Maxillofacial traumas took the second place with a proportion of 13.9% of all the causes. Diseases related to loss of teeth due to extraction were identified in 384 patients, or in 7.4% of cases, and took the third place. The authors of the study determined the duration of temporary disability for each category of dental disease in the Republic of Tatarstan, the average duration of which was 8.48 ± 0.04 days. Based on clinical statistical analysis, a matrix was created for predicting the duration of dental diseases leading to temporary disability represented by a computer software for dental medical organizations. Conclusions. Dental diseases in patients are related to the cases where treatment and rehabilitation are provided by several medical organizations; the authors created software for dentists, which predicts the duration of cases, their statistical analysis, eliminates errors in the issue of sick leave certificates, draws standard reporting statistical documents in order to provide reliable information on the state of the economically active population, to plan preventive activities, appropriate comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation of patients.

Background: The role of preventive measures increases significantly in the absence of effective specific COVID-19 treatment. Mass population immunization and the achievement of collective immunity are of particular importance. The future development of public attitudes towards SARS-CoV-2 immunization depends significantly on medical students, as future physicians. Therefore, it seemed relevant to determine the percentage of COVID-19-vaccinated medical students and to identify the factors significantly affecting this indicator. Methods: A total of 2890 medical students from years one to six, studying at nine leading Russian medical universities, participated in an anonymous sociological survey. The study was performed in accordance with the STROBE guidelines. Results: It was found that the percentage of vaccinated Russian medical students at the beginning of the academic year 2021 was 58.8 ± 7.69%, which did not significantly differ from the vaccination coverage of the general population in the corresponding regions (54.19 ± 4.83%). Student vaccination rate was largely determined by the region-specific epidemiological situation. The level of student vaccination coverage did not depend on the gender or student residence (in a family or in a university dormitory). The group of senior students had a higher number of COVID-19 vaccine completers than the group of junior students. The lack of reliable information about COVID-19 vaccines had a pronounced negative impact on the SARS-CoV-2 immunization process. Significant information sources influencing student attitudes toward vaccination included medical professionals, medical universities, academic conferences, and manuscripts, which at that time provided the least information. Conclusion: The obtained results make it possible to develop recommendations to promote SARS-CoV-2 immunoprophylaxis among students and the general population and to increase collective immunity.

Working in intensive care units (ICUs) is stressful and potentially leads to various psycho-emotional disorders. Today, this issue represents a serious concern to the healthcare sector and affects the quality of healthcare provided. This study aimed to assess and compare the psycho-emotional state in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 hospitals’ ICU healthcare workers (HCWs). From January to July 2021, we conducted an anonymous cross-sectional web survey of ICU physicians and nurses (N = 1259) of various hospitals in a metropolis with a population of over 10 million people. The statistical distributions of non-COVID-19 ICU HCWs showed the following results: emotional exhaustion levels (low 14.6%, average 30.8%, and high 54.6%); depersonalization levels (low 11.6%, average 16.5%, and high 71.9%); and reduced personal accomplishment levels (low 23.5%, average 40.3%, and high 36.2%). The statistical distributions of COVID-19 ICU HCWs showed the following results: emotional exhaustion levels (low 16.5%, average 31.5%, and high 52%); depersonalization levels (low 7.4%, average 9.4%, and high 83.1%); and reduced personal accomplishment levels (low 25.4%, average 45.4%, and high 29.1%). This study found a strong correlation between emotional exhaustion, aggression, and depersonalization in non-COVID-19 ICU HCWs and also found a correlation between their age, aggression, emotional exhaustion, and occupational stress.