Physiological and hygienic aspects of the organization of distance learning dur-ing the pandemic COVID-19 (based on the results of a survey of parents and school-children)

A survey of parents and students conducted from April 24 to 27, 2020, during the full transition of Russian schoolchildren to distance learning, showed that in conditions of self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant increase in the duration of educational and extracurricular activities using electronic devices; more than 70 % of students complained that during distance learning, homework began to take longer, which is explained by the low efficiency of classes, the vast majority (about 90 % of cases) of children did not carry out preventive measures to reduce fatigue and counteract harmful factors associated with visual analyzer stress and hypodynamia. The stressful situation in the conditions of self-isolation and distance learning affected the psychosomatic state of schoolchildren.