Functional level of mental and physical health of rescue workers

The study led to the conclusion that the prevalence of secondary traumatization of rescue workers at the time of the study was 13.1%, of which 7.7% in line with mild to moderate form of the disorder, 5.4% - strongly. 11.9% of the respondents have alcohol abuse, whereas 49.4% of the respondents do sports exercises 5 times a week for at least 30 minutes a day. There was no significant difference between the two groups (firefighters and medical workers) with respect to sports (U = 2612.000, p = 0.086) or alcohol abuse (U = 3021.500, p = 0.874) according to the statistical method Mann-Whitney. The functional level of physical and mental health of medical workers is much lower than that of firefighters. The difference between the two groups in the health assessment is statistically significant, confirmed by the results of the statistical method Mann Whitney. Thus, with respect to the criterion of ''physical health'' indicator U = 2405.5 at p = 0.028 with respect to the criterion of ''mental health'' indicator U = 2141.5 at p = 0.002. It is important to note the fact that those who do sports exercises at least 5 times a week for half an hour, assess physical condition as well as mental health significantly higher than those who are not engaged in regular exercise. The level of health of those who play sports was M . = 51.05 (S = 6.55), and M . = 48.50 (S = 10.20), of those who are not engaged in regular exercise M . = 48.43 (S = 8.16), and M . = 45.19 (S = 10.12). It is interesting that those who abuse alcohol, assess the state of their mental health and physical health significantly lower. The level of health of those who abuse alcohol was M . = 45.27 (S = 9.83), and M . = 43.10 (S = 10.88), and of those who do not abuse alcohol M . = 50.33 (S = 6.96), and M . = 47.33 (S = 10.11). The study found no statistically significant relationship between the level of mental and physical health and level of education, marital status, presence of children, living conditions. The results of the correlation analysis suggest the following: age and length of service time significantly affect the functional level of mental and physical health of rescue workers. The correlation coefficient for the two factors in relation to the physical and mental health is negative. The presence of post-traumatic stress disorder leads to poor mental health workers extreme services. The relationship between mental health of rescue workers and the secondary traumatization indicates the correlation coefficient of - .34.

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