Аssessment of the mental and functional statе of female students with neurocirculatory dystonia

Abstract

Relevance of the topic. Analyzing the state of health of modern youth, it should be noted that according to scientific literature, the number of students with a low level of health increases every year. Moreover, the most common psychosomatic diseases are traditionally considered to be diseases of the cardiovascular system, in particular neurocirculatory dystonia (NCD). In addition, NCD can be considered a functional disease of predominantly neuropsychiatric origin, characterized not only by various cardiovascular, autonomic, respiratory disorders and asthenia, but also psycho-emotional disorders, such as the presence of personal anxiety, depressive states, and insufficient stress tolerance. The purpose of the study was to assess the mental and functionalstates of students, patients with NCD depending on the different types of manifestations of this disease. Research methods. In order to identify personal manifestations of NCD in both emotional and cognitive and motivational, as well as in behavioral spheres of the personality, questionnaire was used in the work. In addition, psychodiagnostic tests were used to determine the level of reactive and personal anxiety, differential emotions and depressive states, as well as the tendency to stress. At the same time, functional tests were used in the work: Kerdo index, orthostatic test, Shtange and Gencha breath tests. The probability of the difference between the mean values was determined by the Student's t-test. The results of the study. Our studies showedthat, in patients with NCD, compared with healthy students, there was an alarming component of emotional disorders, as well as negative, panic-anxious and anxious-depressive emotional states with marked apathy and dysphoria. In addition, these individuals have established a poor ability to withstand stressful influences, in our research, it was confirmed by a low level of stress resistance. According to the results of the survey, it was established that during the stay of students in a stressful state, mental states change not only in emotional (anxiety, apathy, depression), but also in cognitive (sense of threat, danger, inability to concentrate), in motivational (loss of motivation, interests ), as well as in the behavioral areas (change in activity, the usual rate of activity, etc.). Conclusions: According to the results of our study, diseases of NCD are caused by mental anxiety and depressive disorders, negative depressive emotions, as well as poor stress tolerance of students.