N.V. MAKSUMOVA, A.O. POZDNYAK

Kazan State Medical Academy, 36 Butlerov St., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420012 

Maksumova N.V. ― Assistant Lecturer of the Department of Functional Diagnostics, tel. +7-917-257-80-03, e-mail: nv_maks@mail.ru

Pozdnyak A.O. ― D. Med. Sc., Professor, Head of the Department of Therapy and Family Medicine, tel. +7-917-274-92-06, e-mail: pozd-alexandr@rambler.ru

The aim of the work is to estimate the relationship between the diagnosed diseases, autonomic tone, level of adaptation and the results of psychological tests during the screening of war veterans in the outpatient examination.

A total of 88 war participants in Afghanistan and Chechnya were examined. Correlation was found between the indices of HRV and psychological examination, which demonstrates the predominance of sympathetic autonomic regulation in patients with increased somatization, and the presence of desadaptation in patients with elevated levels of anxiety and somatization.

Key words: heart rate variability, the level of adaptation, war veterans, medical examination.

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