Medical and sociological analysis of health indicators of medical workers

Abstract

The health of the population is an important indicator of the high level of state development. Morbidity with temporary disability affects the working potential of the pop ulation and the economy as a whole. The purpose of the research is to study and analyze occupational morbidity among medical workers in order to further optimize the conditions and nature of work. The morbidity of the working-age population is characterized by a high number of cases and duration in days of diseases of the respiratory system, the circulatory system, and the musculoskeletal system. Thus, according to the age and gender criterion, the incidence of the diseases of the circulatory system, blood and hematopoietic organs, respiratory organs, skin, and subcutaneous adipose tissue tends to increase among the young population under 40 years of age, while infectious and parasitic morbidity, diseases of blood and hematopoi etic organs, and the incidence of the circulatory system diseases rise among the population over 40 years of age. The results of sociological monitoring showed that in about 70 % of cases, doctors noted a deterioration in their health status, but issued temporary disability leaves only in 30 % of cases. Nursing personnel also issued sick leaves only in 50 % of cas es, while they felt a deterioration in their health status in 50 % of cases. It is also worth noting that, while on sick leave, medical personnel go to work in almost 40 % of cases; the reason for this was the production necessity or the lack of labor force. The re spondents indicated respiratory diseases, infectious and parasitic diseases, and diseases of the musculoskeletal system as the leading cause of temporary disability.