[Psychological characteristics of working and non-working elderly people.]

A comparative analysis of the psychological characteristics of the working and non-working population in the context of personal employment, demand and quality life. The study was conducted with the participation of 51 women and 58 men, age 65,35±5,25 years. Randomization into two groups: the 1st group - 59 people of those continuing to work in the field of higher and vocational education; the 2nd group (50 people) consisted of non-working pensioners whose labor activity was related to teaching, taking care of their families, children and grandchildren, the circle of their social contacts is limited by the connections necessary to ensure life. An assessment was made of the orientation of the personality, the level of prevailing needs, the formation and strength of motives, the degree of adequacy of one's own attitude to various life situations, and the psycho-emotional state. It is shown that working pensioners have a higher indicator of the personality's orientation to the task and a low indicator of the personality's orientation to oneself. In the 1st group a stable psycho-emotional state was revealed for a number of functional indicators of a physical, role, social nature, significantly higher indicators of vitality and the physical component of health, they strive to maintain professionalism, financial freedom, and independence. In the 2nd group the desire to overcome social isolation, the desire to develop creativity in oneself prevails. In the 1st and 2nd groups, there were no differences in the levels of the motivational-need sphere. To expand the possibilities of the life potential of an elderly person, it is necessary to study the psychological characteristics older working and non-working population.

[Changes in the immune and antioxidant status and the role of vitamin D in their correction in older educators.]

The study included 50 women aged 60±1,5 years, teaching for 30±5,5 years at the middle level of a secondary school (grades 5-9) - main group, and 50 non-working women 61,5±1,3 years. The purpose of the study was to study the role of vitamin D in the formation of immunopathogenetic changes from cellular and humoral immune factors, free radical oxidation processes in working teachers and unemployed elderly women and the possibility of correcting the revealed violations with vitamin D subsidy. Before the start of the study, a decrease in the total content of vitamin D was revealed, violation of the functional and metabolic status of immunocytes, an imbalance in the production of Th1/Th2 cytokines, an increase in primary and secondary products peroxidation of the lipid extract of blood plasma, a decrease in the activity of superoxide dismutase and catalase to the main and control groups. The presence of direct correlations between the content of vitamin D, the balance of cytokines, the components of the lipid peroxidation system and antioxidant defense is proved. A vitamin D subsidy reduced the severity of immune and oxidative disorders in subjects. The obtained results confirm the need for monitoring the vitamin D content in order to reduce the risk of developing immunopathogenetic disorders in the elderly.

[Influence of various ways of rehabilitation on functional and immunological indicators of the organism of materials of maturity aged by an extreme injury.]

The purpose of the study is to study the effect of various methods of rehabilitation after a fracture of the radius in a typical location on the heart rate variability and the state of innate immunity factors, the content of IL-1, -2, -4, -6, -8, -10 in elderly women. In 50 women at the age of 63,5±1,5 years, the indicators of the spectral analysis of the heart rhythm were studied on the 3, 7, 14 days of rehabilitation procedures. The state of the cellular factors of innate immunity was assessed by the phagocytic activity and oxygen-dependent metabolism of neutrophilic granulocytes in the nitric blue tetrazolium reduction test. The cytokine status included the determination of IL-1, -2, -4, -6, -8, -10 by enzyme immunoassay. For the statistical analysis, the Shapiro-Wilks test, one-sided Fisher's exact test, and Student's t test were calculated. It has been shown that the influence of rehabilitation measures using the method of post-isometric muscle relaxation decreases the heart rate variability of elderly women, restores the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic parts of the autonomic nervous system, normalizes the functional and metabolic status of neutrophilic granulocytes and Th1/Th2 lymphocytes. The results obtained allow us to recommend the inclusion of the method of post-isometric muscle relaxation in the complex of rehabilitation measures for fractures of the radius in a typical place.

[Immunophysiological indicators of the organism of teachers of the elderly in the dynamics of the educational year.]

The problem of preserving the health of participants in the educational process and carrying out comprehensive diagnostic measures using laboratory and instrumental methods occupy a significant place in a number of biomedical research. The aim of the present study was to study the state of cellular factors of innate and adaptive immunity, IL-1ß, 1α, IFN-γ cytokines, hormones, vegetative regulation of heart rhythm in older teachers in the dynamics of the school year. The indices of the spectral analysis of the heart rhythm (n=50) at the beginning of the school year (background level), after 5 and 9 months, were studied. The state of cellular factors of innate and adaptive immunity was assessed by analyzing the functional activity of peripheral blood neutrophils by their ability to absorb latex particles, oxygen-dependent metabolism, and functional reserve; lymphocyte receptor landscape - used methods of flow cytofluorimetry; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; the calculation of the Shapiro-Wilk criterion, χ², one-sided Fisher exact test, t-Student criterion. A decrease in heart rate variability indicators characterizing the activity of the parasympathetic regulation, as well as immune homeostasis among older teachers in the dynamics of the school year, which confirms the need to implement a set of preventive measures aimed at maintaining health.

[Psychophysiological monitoring of women teachers at the turn of the body of middle and old age.]

Objective - to create and hold psychophysiological monitoring elderly organism female teachers in the school year dynamics. The study was conducted with the participation of 30 female teachers aged 60-61 years at the beginning of the year (background level) and 5, and 9 months of teaching in the school. We studied 5-minute recording portions of the electrocardiogram using a program «Poly-Spectrum-Rhythm¼ (the limited liability company «Neurosoft¼); lung function - using the apparatus «Spirosoft-5000¼; psycho-emotional state of teachers in the dynamics of the school year - on the method of SUN (state of health, activity, mood). By the end of the school year biased increased sympathetic influence of the autonomic nervous system on the body of teachers that have been associated with some violation of the rhythmic activity of the heart on the background of destabilization of sinus rhythm and vegetative balance of the organism; indicators of forced expiratory volume in the first second the teachers were not significantly below baseline values, indicating a decline in the functional reserves of the respiratory system; there has been a strong tendency to deterioration of mental and emotional state of women teachers elderly. Consequently, the dynamics of the school year it is advisable to monitor the activities of the body of female teachers the elderly with a view to the possible prevention of various diseases and abnormalities in health status.