Prospective assessment of pre-trip blood pressure and temporary disability in workers of locomotive teams
Aim. The study addresses estimation of pre-trip blood pressure (BP) and temporary disability at workers of locomotive brigades before and after performing treatment and prevention service in a prospective study. 247 males were included in the study. Results. Average systolic BP during the year was key parameter connected with number of days of temporary disability and quantity of discharges from trip because of the BP increase. Analysis of the discharges from trip by criteria of the automated system of pretrip control because of arterial hypertension (AH) revealed workers of locomotive brigades with AH who had the longest temporary disability. After 3-year-long treatment and prevention service were applied disability cases due to BP extreme variation were not registered in the group without discharges from trip because of BP increases, and there was a 30 % decrease in number of discharges from trips due to BP increase in the group with discharges because of AH.