Influence of a physical exertion on the workers' health state.
OBJECTIVE
The health state of the workers employed at hard and very hard workplaces (on the ground of an energy expenditure measurement) has been presented in this report.


METHODS
The morbidity of these workers was compared with the morbidity rates of two groups: the persons employed at a factory management and the workers performing light and moderate physical work. The number data has been standardized in order to eliminate the influence of an age over the morbidity rate values.


RESULTS
A number of the considerably differences in frequency of the occurrence of each disease among the examined employees groups has been found.


CONCLUSIONS
The diseases of the peripheral nervous system and locomotive organs as well as the disturbances of the cerebral circulatory were of more frequent occurrence among the persons performing hard and very hard work.
Bartosińska
M
M
Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical University of Gdańsk, ul. Powstania Styczniowego 9B, 81-519 Gdynia, Poland. higiena@amg.gda.pl
Ejsmont
J
J
D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000502:physiology*; D016526:Workload; D017132:Workplace / Q000706:statistics & numerical data