Article · National Health Care · January 16, 2026

Modern profile of research in the field of studying the health status of people engaged in shift work

Albert A. Kurmangulov, Yu. S. Reshetnikova, A M Grjibovski, Н. С. Брынза, Daria M. Slashcheva

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Complex mechanisms of the impact of environmental conditions on the human body require research, whose profi le is subject to constant changes under the influence of various factors. Aim. To build a network structure and conduct a mathematical analysis of modern domestic research in the field of studying the health of people engaged in shift work. Materials and methods. The object of the study is original domestic studies published over the past five years and posted in the eLibrary database. At the first stage, a search and formal-logical assessment of the studies were carried out. At the second stage, network analysis based on graph theory was used for visualization and mathematical analysis. The elements were laid out according to the selected algorithm with an original shiftscheme for better optimization of the distance between the outer and central nodes. After iterations using the “directed forces” method, a graph in the minimum energy state was obtained. Results. The profile of the economic sectors, the health of whose employees was analyzed in the studies, reflects the structure of economic activity in the territories where the shift work method is actively used. The constructed network of 53 nodes and 166 edges can be characterized as unoriented, homogeneous, without spatial reference. The average degree of the constructed graph is 3.132, the global clustering coefficient is 0.631, and the average shortest distance is 3.074. In the presence of several sufficiently remote connected nodes, the average shortest distance in the graph was 3.074, and the total path length was 466.369. Conclusion. The construction of an undirected homogeneous non-dense graph made it possible to identify four key areas of modern domestic research: the functioning of the cardiovascular system, adaptation mechanisms, nutritional features, and the organization of medical care in the context of the spread of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19. These areas, with sufficient isolation of scientific research, have a number of patterns-bridges: gender aspects, blood homocysteine levels, nutritional status, and shiftduration.

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Modern profile of research in the field of studying the health status of people engaged in shift work

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