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- Title
ЕЛЕКТРОФІЗІОЛОГІЧНІ ЗМІНИ В УЧАСНИКІВ ЛІКВІДАЦІЇ НАСЛІДКІВ АВАРІЇ НА ЧОРНОБИЛЬСЬКІЙ АЕС ТА ВІЙСЬКОВОСЛУЖБОВЦІВ СИЛ ОБОРОНИ УКРАЇНИ, ЯКІ Є РЕКОНВАЛЕСЦЕНТАМИ КОРОНАВІРУСНОЇ ХВОРОБИ (COVID-19)
- Authors
Базика, Д. А.; Куц, К. В.; Перчук, І. В.; Крейніс, Г. Ю.; Антипчук, К. Ю.; Василенко, З. Л.; Григоренко, М. С.
- Abstract
Objective: to conduct a clinical and neurophysiological study of Chornobyl clean&up workers and military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with previous coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and individuals of the compar& ison groups to study the impact of long&term effects of ionizing radiation, psychoemotional stress and previous coronavirus infection on cerebral functioning. Materials and methods. A prospective clinical study of Chornobyl clean&up workers and servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) who had coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and individuals of the comparison groups. The main group - 30 males participated in liquidating the consequences of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) accident with previously verified COVID-19 (Chornobyl clean&up workers). As a nosological control group (NCG), 24 men with verified chronic cerebrovascular disorder (CVD) not exposed to radiation sources, war&associated psycho& emotional stress, and COVID-19 were examined in 2020-2022. Depending on the history of COVID-19, the AFU ser& vicemen were divided into 2 subgroups: «COVID-and «COVID&». The diagnosis of neuropsychiatric disorders was established according to ICD&10. Visual and spectral EEG analyses assessed cerebral functions in passive wakeful& ness (rsEEG). Results. Chornobyl clean&up workers «COVID- and NCG groups did not differ significantly in clinical neuropsychi& atric features, except for a higher frequency of organic personality disorder (F07) in the group of the Chornobyl clean workers «COVID- (p < 0.001). In the group of the Chornobyl clean workers «COVID- relative (%) spectral delta& power of EEG was significantly diffusely increased as well as absolute spectral delta&power in the left posterior&tem& poral area compared to NCG (p < 0.05). A significant diffuse increase in relative spectral theta&power with a bilat& eral excess in parietal areas (p < 0.05 - 0.01), as well as a significant increase in absolute spectral theta&power bilat& erally in frontal areas (p < 0.05) was found in the group AFU «COVID-, compared to the group AFU «COVID&». Conclusions. For the first time, a pronounced diffuse slowing of cerebral bioelectrical activity to delta&frequencies was detected in the Chornobyl clean&up workers being COVID-19 recuperates compared to the comparison group with chronic CVD. The AFU servicemen with previous COVID-19 have moderate persistent cerebral dysfunction. These changes require further observation and study.
- Subjects
UKRAINE; MILITARY personnel; COVID-19; CEREBROVASCULAR disease; NUCLEAR power plants; IONIZING radiation; PSYCHOEDUCATION
- Publication
Problems of Radiation Medicine & Radiobiology, 2024, Issue 29, p271
- ISSN
2304-8336
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.33145/2304-8336-2024-29-271-294