printOn the Problem of Chronic Social Stress in the Expeditionary Shift Work in the Arctic
Akimov A.M.
Cand. Sci. (Sociolю), Senior Research Fellow of the Laboratory of Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases of the Tyumen Cardiology Research Center – Branch of the Tomsk NIMC of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of Transport and Technological Systems, Industrial University of Tyumen, Russia akimovam@infarkta.net
Akimov A.M. On the Problem of Chronic Social Stress in the Expeditionary Shift Work in the Arctic. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2025. No 2. P. 124-130
Managing the health of “shift workers”, who represent the main economic potential for the development of the Arctic, perhaps, first of all, by influencing factors of chronic social stress, while the markers of this process are the value characteristics of health. The results of a cross- sectional study on a representative sample of workers in the Arctic latitudes of the Tyumen region are presented, depending on their length of service on an expeditionary rotational basis. The WHO MONICA-MOPSY questionnaire was used to determine stress in the family and at work, attitude towards one’s health and self-esteem. In groups with a long experience of working as an expeditionary watch in the Arctic, in the presence of stress at work, a tendency towards decreased self-esteem and low responsibility for one’s health was established, and in the presence of stress in the family, a decrease in concern for one’s health. When working as an expeditionary shift worker for less than ten years and in the presence of stress at work, there is a lower desire to prevent diseases and take care of one’s health. The presented results can serve as a scientific basis for creating a social model for managing the health of the studied contingent of “shift workers” and assessing its effectiveness.
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