Hygienic aspects of lifestyle of medical university junior students in the conditions of quarantine

Abstract

A comparative analysis revealed the characteristic changes in the students’ lifestyle. If under normal conditions the majority of students (63,7 %) use their free time for walks outdoors, and 46,5 % spend it at the computer, then during quarantine most respondents spend leisure time in front of a computer monitor (64,8 %) or watching TV (71,4 %). These indices were the result of a direct restriction on the interaction of students with the environment and the prohibition of their stay outside the zone of residence. The main role in the prevention of identified health disorders belongs to the student himself. Negative changes in the student’s psycho-emotional state can be minimized by the employment in the learning process of dynamic, easy-to-perceive techniques, involving the change of different types of activities, collective solution of certain problems with the participants communicating in real time, the use of educational games and simulations, etc. The most common negative changes of the students’ health were sleep disturbances and headaches. The second most common symptoms are changes in the musculoskeletal system, associated mainly with physical inactivity. The third ones are deterioration of vision and psycho-emotional state of students.