INCIDENCE OF THE MAIN CLASSES OF DISEASES AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN VOLOGDA, BASED ON CASE HISTORIES

Abstract

The purpose of the cross-epidemiological research was to study the incidence of the main classes of diseases among health workers of the large general hospital in Vologda. On the outpatient medical records, we examined the prevalence figures in different classes of diseases on medical aid appeal ability among doctors, middle and junior medical staff of the surgical, therapeutic and paraclinical departments of the Vologda city hospital no 1. The prevalence of diseases among the hospital staff were compared with those in the unexposed group. It was found that the most common pathologies among the medical staff of surgical, therapeutic and paraclinical departments are cardiovascular diseases (34,9-41,5 %) and musculoskeletal diseases (30,2-39,0 %). Among the staff of the surgical and paraclinical departments, digestive system pathologies are frequent too (21,0 % and 19,0 % respectively), among the staff of the therapeutic and paraclinical profile - endocrine system diseases (12,1 % and 19,0 % respectively). The prevalence of the circulatory system diseases (χ2 = 4,05, p = 0,044) in the group of health workers in surgical departments (39,6 %) and the prevalence of skin diseases (p =0,050) among paraclinical departments' employees (7,9 %) is higher than among those who do not work in the health system (27,7 %).