Bulletin of RSMU

ISSN Print 2500–1094 ISSN Online 2542–1204

BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)

Objective and subjective components of health-related quality of life of organized (students and police officers) and unorganized working population in Eastern Siberia under chronic social stress have been considered. SF-36 and social well-being questionnaires were used. Deficiency of biomedical potential and cognitive component of decision-making as a mental resource for overcoming chronic social stress, the presence of intrapersonal conflicts and impaired social behavior, low levels of health and functional capacity of the cardiovascular system, a wide range of functional disorders were identified. There was shown the decrease of individual social well-being and health-related quality. The conclusion about the need for effective government intervention to break formed by chronic social stress «the cycle of social disadvantage» was done.

Received: 2013-11-11

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Velichkovsky BM, Dergustanova TM

The impact of income inequality on public health was under study. It was found the relationship between the criminal situation and income inequality of population (the value of the decile coefficient) in sub-federal units of the Russian Federation. There were compared the effects of the value of the decile coefficient and the purchasing power on population mortality rates.

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Guskova AK

Medical-demographic studies of the RAMS academician B. T. Velichkovskiy are of great importance for elucidation and ranking of the effects produced by the environmental factors including radiation and living conditions on the health of population. They reveal the potential way to make more efficacious both prophylaxis and social security instruments.

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Ryazanova EA, Lebedeva-Nesevrya NA

The results of the survey aimed at the analysis of practices of alcohol consumption by industrial workers of Perm region are presented in the article. The method of the survey was a dispensing questionnaire in a workplace. It was found an overall high level of consumption by the workers of soft drinks, particularly beer. It was determined that more typical for certain social groups was a regular consumption of hard liquor. Using cluster analysis there were identified four types of alcohol consumers. To the risk group (the type of "alcohol abusing") there were assigned the men under the age of 46.

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Zakroeva AG, Lesnyak OM, Andriyanova OV

In a comparative population-based cross-sectional representative sampling study there was revealed that the prevalence of chronic noncommunicable diseases, regardless of living in the countryside or in the city is associated with a more than two-fold increase of the level of anxiety and depression. The reduction of arterial hypertension, angina pectoris, anxiety and depression prevalence associated with progressive increase of respondents' financial and educational level were specific only for the urban population. These data can be a basis for the development of the targeted integrated prevention programs.

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Zelionko AV

The purpose of the study is the assessment of medical awareness, as well as justification of measures of increasing medical and social activity of the urban population. The study included 730 people from St. Petersburg who were divided into 3 groups according to the level of medical awareness (high, average, low). This research was carried out by a method of questioning with the help of specially designed program. The higher level was found in women in the age group of 30–49 years and among the citizens with high education. People with a high level had more favorable characteristics of social-hygienic functioning. It was found higher morbidity in the group of citizens with low level. Women, people of the older age groups with high education and a high level of medical awareness more actively use medical and health services. It was found the effect of the level of medical awareness on morbidity of the population, and the level of medical and social activity of the urban population.

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Kutakova NS, Shushkova TS, Yudina TV

The article presents the analysis of the data of the scientific literature on the use of different methods of assessment of biological age. It is concluded about the validity of the application of this methodology in hygienic studies.

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Frolova OP, Novoselova OA, Schukina IV, Stakhanov VA, Kazenniy AB

In order to limit the spread of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients there have been studied contingents of patients with HIV infection and tuberculosis associated with HIV infection in the Russian Federation as well as the assistance to them on the report form of federal statistical observation No. 61 "Information on the groups of patients with HIV infection" (for 14 years) and the record form "Map of the personal account of the patient with tuberculosis associated with HIV infection" (for 7 years). The research showed that a substantial part of patients with HIV infection (over 30 %) with high-risk of tuberculosis do not pass timely chemoprophylaxis and screening for tuberculosis. Undiagnosed tuberculosis patients are the source of the disease for the population. There are offered measures which could improve coverage of HIV-infected patients with preventive measures and screening examinations for tuberculosis.

Received: 2013-08-28

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