A 6-Minute Walk Test in Adolescents with the Circulation Organs Diseases

The results of the conventional and pair 6-minute walk tests have been studied in 56 adolescents being investigated. It has been established that the patients with myocardial patho­logy during 6 minutes of the test cover a lesser distance and at a lower speed than their healthy age-mates, and exhaustion of ­adaptation reserves has been registered in 29.2 % of such patients

The state of physical and mental health of children from the anti-terrorist operation zone

The aim of the study was the assessment of physical and mental health of school-age children from the war zone in the Eastern Ukraine. Materials and methods. Clinical and instrumental examination was performed in 286 children aged 7–18 years, of which 209 were from the zone of the antiterrorist operation, and 77 — children of migrants from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The comparison group consisted of 672 children of the same age of the Kharkiv region and Kharkiv. To determine the characteristics of violations of children’s mental health, there was conducted a clinical and psychological examination by fil­ling a special form. Results. It was found that most of the children from the war zone in the Eastern Ukraine and migrants had somatic and psychosomatic complaints. The data were obtained on polymorphism of clinical symptoms regarding psychopathological disorders in this cohort, with predominance in the clinical structure of fatigue, emotional instability, stress, and increased physical fatigue, recurrent headaches, dizziness. Conclusions. It was found that in terms of the incidence of most clinical entities with respect to somatic and psychiatric pathologies, the differences between the study group and population controls are absent. One of the priorities of maintaining and strengthening the health of children during the military conflict in the East of Ukraine is the need to develop and put into practice active psychoprophylactic activities regarding adaptation disorders

Features of health and principles of preventing psychosomatic and psychological disorders in schoolchildren from the zone of military conflict

Background. To improve the prevention of the development and progression of psychosomatic diseases, psychological deviations in school-age children from the zone of military conflict was the purpose of our study. Materials and methods. A clinical and paraclinical survey was performed in 286 schoolchildren living in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and immigrants from these places. Cardiointervalography was use to determine stress levels, followed by analysis of heart rate variability. Psychological features were study using following techniques: a multidimensional assessment of children’s anxiety, the internal picture of health, Lüscher test. The intensity of the stress-regulating systems was evaluated taking into account the indicators of cortisol, adrenaline, norepinephrine, lipid peroxidation products, serotonin, melatonin, reduced glutathione, glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activity. Results. The paper presents the features of the health status of children, the nature of psychological deviations, taking into account the level of psycoemotional stress. Data on the imbalance of stress-regulating system indicators are presented. Suggestions for medical and psychological support of these patients are given. Conclusions. Most children from the conflict zone have an increased level of emotional stress, which provokes the activation of stress-regulating systems. This affects the formation of psychological deviations and changes in health status, which makes it necessary to take measures for its prevention