ABSTRACT
In the years 1977-1983 the Transport Medical Service of the GDR carried out 2 624 gynecological fitness examinations of 3 operating groups (women drivers, women production workers and women clerks). Findings and diseases from the gynecological point of view having consequences on capacity, could be discovered in 26% of the women examined. Correlations between work factors and gynecological diseases could not be found. With regard to fitness relevance of the findings displacements and phlogistic diseases range first.
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Automobile Driving , Genital Diseases, Female/diagnosis , Occupational Diseases/diagnosis , Adult , Disability Evaluation , Female , Genital Neoplasms, Female/diagnosis , Germany, East , HumansSubject(s)
Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic/poisoning , Adult , Aged , Blood Transfusion , Dialysis , Female , Gastric Lavage , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Gynaecological fitness examinations were made on 25,413 women in employment by medical officers affiliated to the Industrial Medicine Research Association of the GDR, between 1972 and 1977. Gynaecological findings and diseases with impact upon occupational fitness were recorded from 22 per cent of the probands. Resulting limitations of employment were established for one to two per cent of them. - Significant correlations between occupational factors, on the one hand, and gynaecological diseases, on the other, so far have been established only for descent of genital organs in response to heavy physical work. - Gynaecological findings and diseases were recordable in the following order: 1. menopause (only for age group beyond 44), 2. tumours, 3. discorders of cycle, 4. positional alterations, 5. inflammatory disease, 6. mammary diseases. - The findings recordable from women on night shift (n = 1,339) were not higher than those recorded from women doing day shift work only. - No differences regarding the incidence of gynaecological findings were established either between women in full employment, on the one hand, and those doing reduced working hours, on the other.
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Genital Diseases, Female/diagnosis , Adult , Breast Diseases/diagnosis , Contraception , Female , Genital Neoplasms, Female/diagnosis , Humans , Menopause , Middle Aged , Occupational Medicine , Social Medicine , Uterine Prolapse/diagnosis , Work Capacity EvaluationABSTRACT
1. The response of women to aural and extra-aural effects of noise is not stronger than that of men. --2. General response of pregnant women does not differ from that of non-pregnant women or men under the impact of noise. --3. Foetal heart rate responses usually do not exceed generally known spontaneous variation of instantaneous foetal heart rate up to an equivalent permanent sound level of 90 dB (AI). Pulse noise produces startle reflex in the foetus. --4. For pregnant women in the GDR, the permissible limit in terms of equivalent permanent sound level of vocational environments has been reduced from 90 dB to 80 dB (AI), which reflects the extraordinary standards of health protection introduced for mother and child.
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Fetal Heart , Noise , Female , Germany, East , Heart Rate , Humans , Occupational Medicine , PregnancyABSTRACT
A review is given on the status of the gynecological part of the tabular value of health grades for fitness examinations and checkups in the field of industrial health. It is reported on experiences in carrying out gynecological fitness examinations within the Research Union of Industrial Medicine of the German Democratic Republic during the years 1972 to 1975. With the graduation of gynecological findings and diseases according to four health grades, possibilities are shown, in order to derive statements on development of the state of health under defined working conditions by means of complex industrial health fitness examinations. Thus, health and labour protection of the working woman can be further improved.
