Self Assessments of the Quality of Own Life during a Viral Pandemic and War

Abstract

This publication is the result of a study of the dynamics of self-assessment of quality of life indicators by young medical workers (students) against the background of the negative impact of the infodemic due to the chronic stress situation during the covid 19 pandemic, quarantine restrictions and professional communication with various patients, and the full-scale war of complete destruction that began on 24.02.22 all citizens of Ukraine. General clinical methods were used as research methods - to assess the condition of the mucous membranes, skin and somatic organs, as well as psychodiagnostic questionnaire SF36 for anonymous self-determination of the quality of one's life. The analysis of the obtained results of two hundred young medical students during 2021-2022 revealed a number of correlational dependencies from the amount of time during which they are forced to study and work against the background of the mostly negative impact of the infodemic, initially caused only by the situation of the viral pandemic and the need daily contact with various patients, and after 02.24.22 and in conditions real large-scale war and martial law. That is, already in conditions of real danger of being injured or killed during another missile attack in the rear and being infected with another viral strain of coronavirus infection due to forced daily professional contact with various somatic patients. The awareness of the presence of these two factors directly reduces their self-esteem of the quality of their own life and is, in certain situations, a sufficient factor that contributes to the formation of psychosomatic disorders as a manifestation of the initial clinical signs of somatic-emotional professional pathology, which, in particular, manifests itself in the appearance of various rashes on the skin