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Effect of medical devices for respiratory protection on the functional and psychophysiological body condition of medical workers
https://doi.org/10.51922/1818-426X.2025.3.80
Abstract
It was developed a questionnaire to assess the impact of wearing medical masks on the functional and psychophysiological body condition of medical workers. We assessed the influence of physical and emotional state on the implementation of social activity, as well as the influence of emotional state on the quality of everyday functions. The questionnaire included two blocks of identical questions regarding the health of a medical worker in the process of using medical masks in different periods – during a favorable epidemic situation and during the COVID-19 pandemic (an unfavorable epidemic situation 270 medical workers of outpatient and inpatient health organizations were interviewed. The operation time of medical devices for respiratory protection by medical workers when working in an unfavorable epidemic situation exceeds that when working in a favorable epidemic situation. It was determined that the number of symptoms of fatigue and the degree of their severity increased. with increasing of the time of wearing medical masks in an unfavorable epidemic situation. This information will make it possible to differentially approach the development of measures aimed at preventing violations of the health of medical workers in the process of professional activity.
About the Authors
S. N. Tolkach
Научно-исследовательский институт гигиены, токсикологии, эпидемиологии, вирусологии, микробиологии государственного учреждения «Республиканский центр гигиены, эпидемиологии и общественного здоровья»
Belarus
Belarus
O. K. Siniakova
Научно-исследовательский институт гигиены, токсикологии, эпидемиологии, вирусологии, микробиологии государственного учреждения «Республиканский центр гигиены, эпидемиологии и общественного здоровья»
Belarus
Belarus
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Tolkach S.N., Siniakova O.K. Effect of medical devices for respiratory protection on the functional and psychophysiological body condition of medical workers. Medical Journal. 2025;(3):80-84. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.51922/1818-426X.2025.3.80
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