Kineziologija, Vol. 12. No. 1.-2., 1981.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
The manifest and latent characteristics of the health condition of female workers and their relation to the corresponding indicators of the psychosomatic status
Stjepan Heimer
; Fakultet za fizičku kulturu, Zagreb
Sažetak
(1) The analysis of the basic indicators of health status showed that prevalent subjective disturbances were in the region of the head and neck, joints, "nerves" and less in uro-genital organs, sight and muscular system which could all be attributed to the age structure of the sample, but also to neurotism and characteristics of jobs and working conditions.
The actual behaviour of the selected psychophysical characteristics points to the conclusion that full attention should be given to numerous exogenic and endogenic factors and among them, within the framework of our interestr, the psychic, social and physical life and work conditions of the studied workers should be isolated.
The observed trend toward over-weight with a significant number of subjects the necessity to plan and administer health and educational actions with the aim to correct eating habits and indicate the necessity for suitable forms of physical activity.
The diagnosis of unspecific rheumatism (later found to be cervical spondilosis) was found with half of the sample. The ethiology of this disease is naturally complex but it is certain that difficulties may considerably be postponed by means of sport medicine.
The registered cases of neurosis and tension include almost 80% of the subjects. Such a finding again poses the requirement for undertaking psycho-social-medical measures in which sport medicine has an important place. The possibility of preventive sport and medical measures for correction of these and other diagnoses was considered in later analytical procedures.
(2) The factor analysis of measures for assessment of the health status isolated one significant component. It was evident, however, that the condensed health measure was insufficiently pregnant with information on the basis of which it would be possible to make any conclusion as to the latent characteristics of the general (clinical) health and, moreover, that it was not suitable in search for relations between psychosomatic for health status.
(3) From the correlation matrix of the group of measures for assessment of the psychosomatic status and the group of measures for assessment of the health status it was evident that a lot of subjective difficulties ans verified illnesses were significantly related to the characteristics of the psychosomatic status.
(4) The canonic analysis of the two studied groups of measures isolated two significant canonic factors. On the basis of the qualitative and quantitative characteristics the first isolated canonic factor of the studied sample was nominated as the healthx factor. The second significant canonic pair was in the group of health measures formed by indicators characteristic of degenerative changes of the locomotor system, giving also the nomination of vector, and within the group of measures of the psychosomatic status the characteristics marked by constitutional hypertension. Thus formed, the second canonic factor was in our sample named as the factor of constitutional morbidity.
The established canoni relation between the levels of psychosomatic and healthx characteristcs gives a significant role to preventive sport and medical activity aimed to advance psychic stability and increase the number of functional abilities by means of a programmed physical activity that would, according to modern ideas and the obtained results, considerably postpone the appearance and decrease the existing difficulties of psychomotor nature. On the other hand, the primary and secondary preventive activity aimed to decrease the factors with morbogenic effect degenerative in natur, primarily in the region of cervical spine (ergonomic and kinesiologic measures for correction of body mass and static load) would positively effect the level of corresponding subjective and objective difficulties.
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Hrčak ID:
241485
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Datum izdavanja:
5.4.1981.
Posjeta: 643 *