The influence of climatic and other factors on the hardening of students

The work is devoted to the study of the influence of weather, climate and other factors on the hardening of medical students. Climate change is observed in the modern world, accompanied, among other things, by regular and sharp weather fluctuations, which places increased demands on the systems of adaptation and sustainability of the organism. Due to the fact that the population does not perceive hardening as an effective method for increasing such stability and there is a lack of modern research on the problem of hardening, a hygienic study of hardening was conducted using the example of medical students. Hardening was assessed using the Kestner-Marshak cold method. The sample was supplemented by a questionnaire. As a result, it has been established that 83% of students are unhardened. The influence of weather conditions on the results of the study - the time of disappearance of hyperemia is statistically significantly higher in the heat. The influence of the nature of clothes on hardening is noted - the habit of dressing easily negatively affects the time of appearance of hyperemia, lengthening it. The best indicators of hardening were noted for students of the 3rd course of the medical faculty and the 6th year of medical and preventive; the reasons for such differences require further study. The factor of playing sports influences the time of appearance of hyperemia - for students involved in sports, hyperemia appears earlier.