Micronutrient correction of emotional-mental state in medical staff from surgical and resuscitation departments of the northern hospital

The professional sphere of medical activity is one of the extremely complex and extremely responsible, which entails a high risk of emotional and mental stress, which is most pronounced in doctors and nurses of emergency medical services. Objective: to study the effectiveness of monthly intake of magnesium, potassium, vitamins B6 and C by health workers from the surgery and intensive care departments of the Khanty-Mansiysk District Clinical Hospital. Objective and methods. The examination included 52 doctors and nurses who had been working in the North in the surgery and intensive care departments. Why have 7-10 night shifts during the month for more than 5 years. Of these, 14 were men and 38 women (mean age 36,7±4,6 years). The content of magnesium and potassium in hair was determined by mass spectrometry, the concentration of vitamins B6 and C in blood serum - by chromatography, the prevalence of anxiety and depression was assessed using the HADS hospital scale. All subjects took 440 mg of potassium, 200 mg of magnesium, 10 mg of vitamin B6 and 100 mg of vitamin C per day for 30 days. Results: after the correction, a reliable increase in the provision with the studied micronutrients was noted (p=0,001–0,004) with normalization of their content in bio substrates in 88.6-100% of the examined individuals. In parallel, a statistically significant decrease by almost 1.5 times in the prevalence of anxiety (p=0,004) and depression (p=0,012) was revealed against the background of improved well-being, quality of sleep, mood; increased performance and stabilization of the emotional and mental state in 67,3–86,5% of doctors and nurses from the surgical and intensive care departments of the northern hospital. Conclusion: timely correction of psycho-emotional stress should become the basis for creating methods of individual prevention of professional stress in order to prevent the development of emotional burnout, premature formation of somatic pathology, improve the quality of life and increase its duration.