CORRELATIONS BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND MENTAL LIFE QUALITY COMPONENTS WITH PSYCHOSOMATIC PARAMETERS IN WOMEN WORKING IN THE OIL INDUSTRY

Abstract

Aim. The article deals with assessing professional risk factors and establishing the correlation between mental life quality components and psychosomatic parameters, which is a relevant issue of the psychophysiology of professional activity. Materials and methods. 102 female engineers participated in the study. All women belonged to two various age groups and possessed a different experience of living in the North. Obtaining the informed consent of all female participants was a mandatory requirement for inclusion in the study. MOS-SF-36 questionnaire was used for analyzing subjective assessment of physical and mental life quality components. Heart rate variability was studied with the VNS-spectrum equipment; body composition was analyzed with the VS-601 analyzer; the vascular wall was quantified with the Angioscan-01 device. Correlation analysis was conducted with the non-parametric Spearman coefficient. The level of significance was established at P < 0.05. The data obtained were processed with the Statistica v. 10.0 software. Results. It was revealed that adaptation to the climatic and ecological conditions of the North changed the character and number of intersystem correlations between mental life quality components and psychosomatic parameters. In young female engineers living in the North for less than 10 years, functional correlations between the physical function, pulse wave contour analysis data, and psychosomatic indicators were revealed. With the increase in the duration of living in northern conditions, the number of correlations with physical and mental life components decreased. Conclusion. The change in physical and mental life quality components during adaptation to northern conditions is determined by the physiological reactions of the body.