Hygienic aspects of chronic fatigue and aging

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The aim of the study was to establish relations between the acute and chronic fatigue of workers, and between chronic fatigue and age dynamics of indices of health. In 859 women, white-collar workers, with normal fatigue at work of various degree and different physiological labor intensity there was determined an annual gain of professional risks (GPR): syndromes of motor, visual, and non-specific chronic fatigue; indices of the physical performance; morbidity with temporary disability. During the year the health is deteriorating both in 59% of women who are very tired at work, and 63% of women with chronic fatigue syndrome. Under a high level of the physiological intensity of labor GPR increases by 2 times for diseases of the cardiovascular system and by 2.2-times for the disorders of the musculoskeletal system. For hygienic evaluation rate of aging working in harmful conditions, there are required values of age population trends in health indices observed in favorable habitat, without the harmful effects of professional and non-professional factors.

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Genady A. Sorokin

North-West Public Health Research Center

Author for correspondence.
Email: sorgen50@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1297-5476

MD, PhD, senior researcher; North-West Public Health Research Center, St.- Petersburg, 191036, Russian Federation.

e-mail: sorgen50@mail.ru

Russian Federation

V. V. Shilov

North-West Public Health Research Center

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
Russian Federation

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