ABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to evaluate effect of comprehensive rehabilitation on dynamics of characteristics of the quality of life in children with chronic gastroduodenal pathology. The study included 155 children aged 14-15 years examined in the phase of exacerbation of chronic gastroduodenitis (CGD). Sixty one of these patients were given treatment in the "Detskie dyuny" children's sanatorium rehabilitation centre and the remaining 54 received traditional combined therapy services as outpatients (control group). The quality of life was ascertained based on the results of the SF-36 and WHOQOL questionnaires; the Luscher colour test, the CAH scale, and Spielberger-Khanin test anxiety inventory were used to measure the psychophysiological status of the patients. The study has demonstrated high efficacy of comprehensive rehabilitation in children during exacerbation of chronic gastroduodenal pathology that resulted in normalization of their physical and psychophysiological characteristics and improvement of the quality of life.
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Digestive System Diseases/rehabilitation , Quality of Life , Adolescent , Chronic Disease/rehabilitation , Chronic Disease/therapy , Combined Modality Therapy , Digestive System Diseases/therapy , HumansSubject(s)
Toluene/toxicity , Vibration/adverse effects , Animals , Blood Cells/cytology , Blood Glucose/analysis , Enzymes/blood , Histamine/blood , Male , Rats , Time FactorsSubject(s)
Air Pollutants, Occupational/toxicity , Aspartate Aminotransferases/blood , Behavior, Animal/physiology , Models, Biological , Models, Psychological , Styrenes/administration & dosage , Textile Industry , Animals , Aspartate Aminotransferases/antagonists & inhibitors , Behavior, Animal/drug effects , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Enzyme Activation/drug effects , Enzyme Activation/physiology , Male , Maximum Allowable Concentration , Rats , Russia , Styrene , Styrenes/toxicity , Time Factors , VolatilizationABSTRACT
People working in modern carpet industry are exposed to a complex of factors of different origin, the most important among which are general vibration and styrene vapors. It has been found out in animal experiments simulating working conditions, that the central nervous system is the most sensitive both under an isolated and joint exposure to the factors. The joint exposure of animals to styrene and vibration may be evaluated as having different targets depending on the parameters under study.
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Occupational Health , Styrenes/toxicity , Textile Industry , Vibration/adverse effects , Animals , Floors and Floorcoverings , Male , Rats , StyreneABSTRACT
In deep print departments an investigation of dynamic toluene circulation in the organism of individuals occupationally exposed to its effects was carried out. Gas chromatography was employed in studying environmental atmospheric conditions in the departments in determining the proportion of toluene in the expired air, blood and hippuric acid in the urine. Quantitative correlations between the toluene content in the air and its concentration in the blood and in the expired air, as well as between the exposure and excretion of hippuric acid were ascertained. Under a chronic exposure to the effects of toluene a significantly reduced peroxidase activity was recorded.
