Summary Public Health Ecology Operating conditions of Kaunas city firefighters and correlation with health disturbances Laimis Grigelevičius Supervisor Rita Raškevičienė, MD, PhD., Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine. Faculty of Public Health, Kaunas University of Medicine. – Kaunas, 2005. – P. 61 Objective To analyse operating conditions of Kaunas city firefighters and correlation with health disorders Methods It was made cross-sectional (prevalence) study. Surveyed population was 223 firefighters: 7 females and 216 males. Respondents were 20-53 years old. Statistical data analysis was performed with the statistical package SPSS 11.0 for Windows and Microsoft Excel XP. The differences inside the sample were tested with χ2 – test. For risk estimation was counted odds ratio with 95 % confidence interval (C.I. = 0.95). Results It was estimated that firefighters whose working in noisy environment 10 times more often feeling nervous strain, 13 times more often having disorders of sleep. Respondents whose feeling nervous strain at work 5 times more often have sleep disorders. Respondents constantly lifting heavy weights 30 times more often feel stress at work, they have 3.5 times higher risk of sleep disorders and 6 times higher risk of injuries. After having injuries firefighters get 3.5 times higher risk of sleep disorders and 20 times higher risk of hearing damage. Heat caused health disorders (swelter, convulsions, spasm of muscles) risk gets higher 4.3... [to full text]