Impact of vibration on the workers' psychological health
https://doi.org/10.31089/1026-9428-2023-63-1-47-52
Abstract
Industrial vibration is one of the most common factors of the labor process that have a negative impact on the health of employees. The search and selection of sources to identify the features of the psychological state under the influence of vibration was carried out using bibliographic databases Scopus, MedLine, Web of Science, PubMed, The Cochrane Library, RSCI (Russian Science Citation Index), Cyberleninka. Data analysis has shown that there are relatively few studies of the psychological health of people working in contact with vibration, mainly they relate to clinical and paraclinical problems. The research results of domestic and foreign authors presented in the review indicate mental maladaptation, psychoemotional disorders, alexithymia, violations of the mnestic-attentional sphere and a low level of health-related quality of life, changes in psychoaffective status, the predominance of maladaptive coping strategies, destructive psychological defenses. In addition, the severity of pain, which are characteristic of vibration pathology, correlates with the severity of depression, anxiety, reduced stress resistance. The presented data indicate the need for active identification of psychological characteristics, monitoring of changes in psychoemotional status, the formation of personal profiles of both practically healthy people working in contact with vibration and patients with vibration pathology to prevent the consequences of exposure to industrial vibration.
Funding. The work was carried out within the funds allocated for the implementation of the state task of the East-Siberian Institute of Medical and Ecological Research.
Conflict of interests. The author declares no conflict of interests.
Received: 05.10.2022 / Accepted: 27.10.2022 / Published: 29.01.2023
About the Author
Marina V. Kuleshova
East-Siberian Institute of Medical and Ecological Research
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
The Senior researcher at the Laboratory of ecological and hygienic research, East-Siberian Institute of Medical and Ecological Research, Cand. of Sci. (Biol.).
e-mail: lmt_angarsk@mail.ru
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Kuleshova M.V. Impact of vibration on the workers' psychological health. Russian Journal of Occupational Health and Industrial Ecology. 2023;63(1):47-52. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31089/1026-9428-2023-63-1-47-52
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