Health surveillance amongst shuttle bus drivers

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Zasipka L. I., Gvantseladze K. R. Health surveillance amongst shuttle bus drivers. Journal of Health Sciences. 2014;4(14):39-44. ISSN 1429-9623 / 2300-665X. http://journal.rsw.edu.pl/index.php/JHS/article/view/2014%3B4%2814%29%3A39-44 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/2014%3B4%2814%29%3A39-44 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/works/510101 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13267 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13267 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland parametric evaluation. Part B item 1107. (17.12.2013). © The Author (s) 2014; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Radom University in Radom, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. Conflict of interest: None declared. Received: 15.11.2014. Revised 05.12.2014. Accepted: 08.12.2014. Health surveillance amongst shuttle bus drivers Zasipka L. I., Gvantseladze K. R. Odessa National Medical University, Odessa, Ukraine SUMMARY Health surveillance amongst shuttle bus drivers. Zasipka L.I., Gvantseladze K.R. Odessa National Medical University, Odessa, Ukraine There was stated that the spectral indices of HRV are increasing whereas frequency indices are decreased with age. The differences by the indices  ТІ and PNN50 between age groups under 35, 35-50 and older 50 years were significant (p<0,05). Amongst the main factors for drivers’ health is the absence of the chronic stress (RRR=0,23 CI95% 0,16-0,30), smoking cessation (RRR=0,24 CI95% 0,20-0,28) and healthy nutrition (RRR=0,16 CI95% 0,12-0,21). There was proposed to use the assessment of HRV as a criterion of cardiovascular risk among route taxi drivers. Key words: health surveillance, occupational hygiene, drivers, heart rate variability The information about the authors: Zasipka L.I. – head of the department of hygiene & medical ecology, Odessa National Medical University. Gwantzeldaze K.R. – post-graduation student of the department of hygiene & medical ecology, Odessa National Medical University.