[NATURAL THERAPEUTIC FACTORS IN MEDICAL REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS WITH POST-COVID-19 AT OUTPATIENT TREATMENT STAGE]

The purpose of the research is to study therapeutic efficiency of medical rehabilitation of patients with Post-COVID-19 syndrome at outpatient treatment stage including natural therapeutic factors and phyto products in rehabilitation programme. In Nalchik resort 64 patients suffering from corona virus disease COVID-19 have been examined. They were distributed into 2 groups. 30 patients of the group of comparison were prescribed mineral water «Nalchik», exercise therapy, foam cocktails and rectal suppositories with thick licorice root extract. 34 patients of the main group additionally had natural aeroionophyto therapy along the route of mid-mountain natural park of Nalchik resort in combination with exercise therapy and group psychotherapy in park curative grounds and nitrogen thermal baths. The effectiveness was assessed with the help of the scale «Medical Research Council» (mMRC), the level of glycyrrhic acid in blood serum, functional tests, cardiointervalography in dynamics. The conducted comparative analysis proved the ability of natural therapeutic factors to influence the main life-supporting body systems positively. Therefore, the patients of the main group had a reduction of apnea by 29,4% (p<0,01) in comparison with the primary data, increase in adaptation capacity, on average, by 42,4% (p<0,01), improvement of physical activity, on average, by 36,2% (p<0,01), normalization of hemodynamic parameters. It was significantly better (by 20-25%, p<0,05) compared to the treatment in the group of comparison. There has been developed a new method of medical rehabilitation of patients with Post-COVID-19 syndrome at outpatient treatment stage including phytotherapy with licorice root extract and natural aeroionophyto therapy, exercise therapy, psychotherapy along the route of mid-mountain natural park in Nalchik resort, which significantly promotes (p<0,05) optimization of rehabilitation activities.