PhD, Associate Professor I.N. Bakay¹
PhD, Associate Professor N.P. Konstantinova¹
PhD, Associate Professor V.P. Kartashev¹
PhD, Associate Professor N.V. Karpova^1
1Russian State Social University, Moscow

Objective of the study was to test and analyze mental and physical health of the 5-6 year-olds diagnosed with digestive system dysfunctions.
Methods and structure of the study. We run the study at Combined Preschool Establishment No. 809, Rehabilitative Preschool Establishment No. 2185, Preschool Establishment No. 1678 in the Central and North-Eastern Administrative Districts of Moscow.
We sampled the 5-6 year-old children (n=99) on written parental consents for the study based on their 99 dispensary observation files. The sample was randomly split up into EG1, EG2 and RG. The RG was composed of healthy children (n=48, including 22 girls and 26 boys); EG1 of digestive-system-dysfunction-diagnosed individuals (n= 27, including 13 girls and 14 boys); and EG2 of digestive-system-dysfunction-diagnosed individuals (n=24, including 13 girls and 11 boys), with the digestive system dysfunctions dominated by bybiliary dyskinesia of mixed type in remission stage as reported by the local pediatricians. Dynamic observation service under the study was provided by staff pediatricians from Preschool Establishments 809, No. 2185 and No. 1678.
The digestive system dysfunction group progresses were tested by the relevant biomedical methods including anthropometrics tests (to rate body mass, height, and vital capacity, VC); health rating Kettle, Skibinski and Ruffier tests; and mental health rating Nonexistent Animal Drawing test. The test set was selected based on recommendations for Preschool Establishments so as to rate every aspect of the mental and physical health.
Conclusion. The study tested the 5-6 year-old digestive-system-dysfunction-diagnosed EG1/2 children lower on the anthropometrics, functionality and health test scales than their healthy RG peers – to demonstrate their urgent need for efficient health correction and improvement service. The digestive-system-dysfunction-diagnosed children were also tested with the poorer mental health rates, with 46 individuals tested with anxiety, 24 with depression, 16 with aggression and 9 with asthenia.

Keywords: preschoolers, physical development, children’s health, digestive system dysfunctions.

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