DATA-BANK ON POSTSTROKE PATIENTS - EXPERI ENCE OF ORGANIZATION AND USAGE

The bank of clinical data concerning restorative therapy of neurologic al patients was characterized. These data were included in computer pr ogramm ''System of managment of data bank on poststroke patients'' whi ch was elaborated in the department of V.M.Bekhterev's St-Petersburg P sychoneurological Institute. Information obtained in process of answer ing special questionnaire formed this data bank which included social- , demographic, anamnestic, clinical-anatomical data, information about both initial functional state of the patient and its dynamics as well as therapeutic methods applied and follow-up data about the patients which entered the hospital repeatedly. 450 case reports were accumulat ed in the bank. Practice proved informative value of the bank's materi als and its suitability for statistic analysis. Data bank may be used for scientific and statistic purposes as well for control and prognosi s of efficiency of treatment of the patients with consequences of cere bral strokes.