ФАКТОРЫ РИСКА И СОСТОЯНИЕ ЗДОРОВЬЯ СОТРУДНИКОВ УГОЛОВНО-ИСПОЛНИТЕЛЬНОЙ СИСТЕМЫ: ПОДХОДЫ К ДОКЛИНИЧЕСКОМУ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЮ НА ОСНОВЕ САМООЦЕНКИ

RISK FACTORS AND HEALTH STATUS OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS: SELF-ASSESSMENT APPROACHES TO PRECLINICAL RESEARCH

Background. The professional activities of employees of the penitentiary system are associated with a large number of psychosocial risks, which are potential sources of professional burnout and have an indirect negative impact on health both in and out of the workplace. This circumstance necessitates the timely identification of employees with health problems or signs of emotional exhaustion in the system of continuous preclinical (psychological) monitoring of health and its indicators. Purpose – the study of risk factors (sleep disorders, substance use, psycho-emotional exhaustion) and the health status of correctional officers based on self-assessment in relation to professional hardiness and burnout. Methods. The study was conducted in 2024 in the Ivanovo region among correctional officers. The study involved 34 men aged 23 to 49 years (M=23.5 years). Methods: Occupational Hardiness Questionnaire – OHQ (B. Moreno-Jimnez et al., Russian version by E.A. Shmeleva, P.A. Kislyakov), Maslach Burnout Inventory – MBI (C. Maslach, Russian version by N.E. Vodopyanova), Scale of Subjective Well-being (A. Perrudet-Badoux, G. Mendelsohn, Russian version by M.V. Sokolova), Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory – COPE (C. Carver, M. Scheier, J. Weintraub, Russian version by E.V. Kuftyak, V.I. Kislitsina). Results. The approaches to the diagnosis of risk factors and the health status of correctional officers are summarized. About 17% of correctional officers demonstrated average and below average values of self-assessment of their health. About 70% of correctional officers have average and below average values of the ratings of signs accompanying negative psycho-emotional symptoms; about 67% of correctional officers showed signs of professional burnout of varying degrees. A direct close relationship has been established between employees’ self-assessments of health impairments and their current state of health, indicators of professional burnout and professional resilience. Conclusion. The identification and timely prevention of health risk factors for employees of the penal correction system is crucial in terms of improving the effectiveness of their professional activities, the effectiveness of the functioning of the teams of each of the institutions of this system, and ultimately its social effectiveness. For this purpose, the idea of continuous monitoring of health problems among medical personnel, carried out on the basis of their self-assessments, can be used. © 2025, Science and Innovation Center Publishing House. All rights reserved.