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FACTORS OF ADDICTIVE PREDISPOSITION AMONG FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS OF SEMEY STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Introduction: Training in a medical university is associated with a tense adaptation, which leads to a change in the mental status of students. This may result in vulnerability to addictions and the possible development of dependent behavior.
The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of the addiction risk in students of the Semey State Medical University of (SSMU), as well as in the context of interrelated socio-psychological factors.
Materials and methods: A one-stage cross-sectional evaluation was carried out using a questionnaire of 643 first-year students of the Semey State Me...
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2018 year | Issue: 5 | Pages: 135-144
PREVALENCE AND SEVERITY OF SOMATIC DISTRESS AND FATIGUE AMONG RESIDENTS OF EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION EXPOSED TO RADIATION DUE TO THE ACTIVITY OF THE SEMIPALATINSK NUCLEAR TEST SITE
Background: since Kazakhstan belongs to the range of industrialized world nations, most of its territory is affected by anthropogenic and man-induced risk factors, which contribute to the development of unfavorable ecological situation that has negative impact on the population health. Nuclear weapons tests at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site have caused significant adverse changes in the habitat of hundreds of thousands of people who are now forced to live and conduct economic activities in territories contaminated with radionuclides. Studying the long-term effects of small radiation doses...
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2018 year | Issue: 5 | Pages: 125-134
PREVALENCE AND SEVERITY OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AMONG RESIDENTS OF EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION DEPENDING ON RADIATION EXPOSURE DUE TO THE ACTIVITY OF THE SEMIPALATINSK NUCLEAR TEST SITE
Background: studying the influence of environmental factors on mental health of the population is a widespread approach among modern researchers, which allows us to characterize the state of mental health both at individual and population levels. Assessment of mental distress is a necessary measure for the development of primary and secondary prevention programs on mental disorders. Despite the closure of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (SNTS) in 1989, many social, demographic and economic issues remained unresolved. There is an aggravation of psychological tension among residents of the t...
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2018 year | Issue: 5 | Pages: 115-124
ASSESSMENT OF BIOCHEMICAL INDICATORS CHARACTERIZING THE HEALTH STATUS OF THE POPULATION OF THE EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION EXPOSED TO RADIATION DUE TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS
Introduction: In 2017, the scientific program "Development of scientific and methodological foundations for minimizing environmental burden, medical provision, social protection and health improvement of the population of ecologically unfavorable territories of the Republic of Kazakhstan" was started in the SMU. In the framework of the program we studied the state of health and nonspecific resistance in the population of the East Kazakhstan region exposed to radiation.
Aim: assessment of biochemical indicators characterizing the health status of the studied population
Methods: The sample si...
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2018 year | Issue: 5 | Pages: 105-114
ASSESSMENT OF THE VEGETATIVE STATUS OF RESIDENTS OF THE EAST KAZAKHSTAN REGION, EXPOSED TO RADIATION IN THE RANGE OF SMALL DOSES
Introduction. Small doses of radiation can be cause of violation in the general regulation of physiological mechanisms and decrease in the effectiveness of adaptation processes controlled by the neuroendocrine complex and, in particular, the autonomic nervous system.
Aim: assessment of the vegetative status in the residents of the East Kazakhstan region, exposed to radiation in the range of small doses.
Methods: It was conducted examination of the population of Abay, Borodulikha, Kurchumsky district of the East Kazakhstan Area. The total sample size was 700 people. To assess the vegetative ...
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2018 year | Issue: 5 | Pages: 96-104