Abstract:
Introduction. Millions of people around the world work in unsafe conditions, due to which the
number of people affected by the occupational diseases is constantly increasing. Annually about
1,1 million people become victims of the occupational diseases and work accidents, while
another 60 million cases are being newly recorded.
Aim of the study. Assessing medical staff from the primary care institutions in the rural areas
and developing a set of measures that would ensure a safe working environment for the
workforce.
Materials and methods. For setting out the objectives, a comprehensive study was carried out
which included: the study of morbidity and the socio-economic and psychological factors of the
medical staff. The study group included 387 physicians from the primary health care institutions.
Results. This study helped us reveal what were the main risk factors that the medical workforce
was put at, the incidence of each being as follows: tiredness - 36,2%; depression - 32 %; stress -
29,4%; irritability - 15,2%; anxiety - 11,4%. These results helped us establish a new set of
measures that would ensure a safer working environment for the staff of the primary care health
institutions from Orhei and Hîncești.
Conclusions. This study allowed us to elaborate a new set of measures that will reduce the
aforementioned occupational risk factors incidence and will consequently serve as occupational
disease prophylaxis in the medical staff from the primary health care institutions.
