[Gerontological problems and prospects of regional management. Strategy and structure of interdepartmental gerontological assistance in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.].

The article presents the structure of interdepartmental gerontological care in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. The basic principles, directions and prospects of work are stated. The main principles, directions and prospects of work.

[DYNAMICS OF TWENTY-FOUR HOUR MONITORING OF BLOOD PRESSURE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA].

Twenty-four hour blood pressure monitoring in groups of patients of elderly age with bronchial asthma and hypertension was conducted. The study showed an increased variability of blood pressure and insufficient reduction in night time that leads to development of cardiovascular complications.

[The influence of psychological factors on the integral health characteristic (data from a prospective population study)].

Aim: To develop integral assessment of the health status based on the examination of representative samples from different regions of Russia (Veliky Novgorod, Nizhni-Novgorod, Vologda, Omsk and Nalchik) with the use of special questionnaires and simple anthropometric and functional methods in the framework of a prospective 3-year population study of organized groups.

Methods: The above questionnaires allowed to elucidate the socio-economic status of the patients, their somatic and psychological conditions (lifestyle index or psychological protection mechanisms (PPM), social adaptation, sanogenic reflexia; also used were Eysenck's psychotism scale, hospital anxiety and depression scale, the perceived stress scale (PSS), and moral potential of personality development scale.

Results: It was shown that the profile of psychological protection mechanisms is dominated by primitive reactions, such as projection, protection, and negation.

[Autonomic regulation of cardiac rhythm in elderly patients with bronchial asthma].

Evaluation of independent and combined interrelations of bronchial obstruction and autonomic regulation of cardiac rhythm in elderly patients with bronchial asthma was carried out. Positive correlation of the extent of bronchial obstruction and decrease of absolute indices of cardiac rhythm variability was established.

[Priorities of secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease in conditions of a depressive region: preliminary results of the North Caucasian project].

Aim Of The Study: was detection of behavioral factors, main risk factors of development of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), assessment of adequacy of their management, as well as assessment of quality of life in a cohort of patients with ischemic heart disease from three republics of the North Caucasian region.

Methods: A sample of patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) aged 40-69 years (n=1500) from 3 republics of the North Caucasian Federal Okrug (Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and North Ossetia - Alania) were included in a clinico-epidemiological project. In this work we present results obtained in three towns and districts of the Republic Ingushetia (300 men and 230 women with IHD and class II-III effort angina).