TITLE:
The influences of meteorological factors on the health and functional state of human
AUTHORS:
Reza Sharafi, Volodymyr B. Bogdanov, Dmytro S. Gorlov, Yuriy P. Gorgo
KEYWORDS:
Weather; Functional State; Reaction Time Task; Wellbeing; Activity; Mood
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.5 No.12,
December
24,
2013
ABSTRACT:
The influence of fluctuations of atmospheric pressure on the functional state of the humans was studied during spring, autumn and winter seasons. Sensory-motor reaction time and selfreported wellbeing, activity and mood were used for evaluation of functional state. The inter-individual variations of those parameters were compared to meteorological parameters using rank order correlation and general linear model. It was found that atmospheric pressure fluctuations have a stronger negative effect with periods of 120-1200 s and 20-120 s on psychological self-assessment and with periods of 10-20 s and 5-10 s on sensory-motor reaction time than the fluctuations with other periods.