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Analysis of the physical development of youth and the state of its health

Authors :
Oleksandr V, Kharchenko
Nataliya V, Kharchenko
Inna Y, Shaparenko
Lyudmyla M, Sakharova
Yulia P, Yushchenko
Source :
Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960). 72(4)
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

Introduction: The sharp deterioration in the physical development of the younger generation is worrying. The morbidity of youth has increased by 29.9% compared with the last century. More than 33% of boys and girls, among first-year students with chronic diseases. The aim: Assessing the state of the students' body by examining the results of a survey among the second- and third-year students of the university using a specially designed questionnaire.Materials and methods: The material on the assessment of the state of health and the characteristics of the organism has been processed by studying the results of a survey of young men and women aged 20-23, obtained on the basis of using the developed questionnaire.Results: Physical development has been studied in accordance with the state of health of the students, as well as a thorough study of a number of criteria: diseases of the musculoskeletal system were 37.1%, 49.7% and 43.45 among boys aged 20, 22 and 23 and respectively 33.3 %, 38.6% and 47.7% among girls in their 20s, 22s and 23s. The morbidity of eye was 18.0%, 3.8% and 9.9% among boys aged 20, 22 and 23 years and 17.7%, 17.1% and 7.7% among girls aged 20, 22 and 23 years.Conclusions: In the structure of morbidities are diseases of the musculoskeletal system, diseases of the nervous system and the organ of vision. Correlation of the characteristics of the level of students' health and their physical development have indicators on the level of educational adaptation and the number of diseases.

Details

ISSN :
00435147
Volume :
72
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960)
Accession number :
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