The social hygienic and clinical functional aspects of computer stress in students
The article deals with actual issues of impact of computer stress on indicators of psychosomatic status students. The social hygienic aspects of work on computer are analyzed. The questionnaire survey of 186 students aged from 16 to 20 years (males and females) was carried out. In respondents the structure of level of computer stress including dependence on gender was established. The characteristics of work of students on personal computers was analyzed. The analysis included use of computer for research purposes, education, leisure and staying in Internet. The comparative analysis was implemented of various types of activities during work on computer (food intake, drinks consumption, music listening using headphones) in groups of students with low, average and high level of computer stress. The duration of watching TV, time of fresh air walks and duration of night sleep in students depending on computer load were established. The analysis of complaints and unfavorable clinical manifestations conditioned by lasting computer stress was made.