Emotional component of the quality of life in miners with dust lung pathology

Introduction. Data on the quality of life allows making a more complete picture of the patient, supplementing the diagnosis, characteristics of the disease course, and the general functional state. Of particular importance is the assessment of quality of life in patients with a chronic course of the disease requiring long-term observation and treatment.The aim of the investigation was to study the effect of negative emotional states on the quality of life in miners with dust lung pathology.Materials and methods. The main group included seventy four male miners with dust lung pathology; the average age was 57.2 ± 0.9 years, the average labor experience in harmful working conditions was 28 ± 0.9 years. The comparison group consisted of 105 miners without dust lung pathology and negative emotional states, the average age was 51.5 ± 0.5 years, the average labor experience in harmful working conditions was 25.9 ± 0.6 years. The quality of life was assessed using the SF-36 questionnaire, emotional burnout – the V.V. Boyko questionnaire, personal anxiety – the Spielberger-Khanin questionnaire, psychological type D – the DS14 questionnaire. Statistical processing of the results was carried out using the Statistica 6.0 package.Results. Miners with dust lung pathology showed a decline in the indices of life quality according to the scales of physical and mental components. The presence of adverse emotional states in patients with dust lung pathology, such as emotional burnout, high personal anxiety, and psychological type D, leads to a more pronounced decrease in the quality of life in physical (physical functioning and role-based physical functioning) and mental (vitality, social functioning, and role-based functioning due to the emotional state, mental health) components.Limitations. The study is limited by the number of miners examined in the Clinic of the Research Institute for Complex Problems of Hygiene and Occupational Diseases.Conclusion. Miners with dust lung pathology have a decrease in the indices of life quality, which is significantly aggravated by the presence of concomitant adverse emotional states, which dictates the need to supplement curative and rehabilitative measures with psychotherapeutic correction methods.Compliance with ethical standards. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Research Institute for Complex Problems of Hygiene and Occupational Diseases (Protocol of the Meeting No. 3 § 4 dated November 17, 2022), it was conducted in accordance with the generally accepted scientific principles of the Helsinki Declaration of the World Medical Association (as amended in 2013). All participants gave informed voluntary written consent to participate in the study.Contribution: Danilov I.P. – concept and design of the study, writing the text; Vlakh N.I. – collection of material, editing the text; Paneva N.Ya., Semenova E.A. – collection of material. All co-authors – approval of the final version of the article, responsibility for the integrity of all parts of the article.Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.Funding. The study had no sponsorship.Received: April 21, 2025 / Revised: June 20, 2025 / Accepted: June 26, 2025 / Published: August 20, 2025

quality of life, miners, dust lung pathology, emotional burnout, personal anxiety, psychological type D