Authors
- Tkachev Alexander Vladimirovich Doctor of International Veterinary Academy, Senior Researcher
- Tkacheva Olga Leonidovna Candidate of Agricultural Sciences
Annotation
An important and urgent task of occupational safety and reproduction is the pathogenetic substantiation of the algorithm for diagnosing male infertility, taking into account the unfavorable external factor affecting men’s health in the course of professional activity. The pathophysiological mechanism of the effect of occupational stress on the functional state of the human reproductive system has not yet been definitively clarified: on the one hand, impaired sperm function may be caused by abnormalities in the antioxidant system of men, and on the other hand, disturbances in the coordination of the hypothalamic-pituitary complex and the hormone-synthesizing function of the testes are not excluded. The purpose of the study: to study the effects of prolonged work stress on the reproductive function of men. The research was conducted on the basis of a private Moscow clinic for reproductive Medicine from 2020 to 2025. The study included 81 men aged 25 to 45 years, who worked for a long time in conditions of industrial stress, and were examined for impaired fertility. Criteria for studying male reproductive function: men’s puberty from 25 to 45 years; prolonged work stress for more than a year; permanent residence and work in a large urban center (Moscow); absence of infectious and non-infectious diagnoses of the genitourinary system; there was no use of hormone replacement therapy until inclusion in the study. It was found that against the background of prolonged exposure to constant stress on the human body, there is a decrease in the total number of sperms by 2.2 times (р < 0.001), a decrease in the number of sperms in ml of ejaculate by 2.5 times (р < 0.001), a decrease in the percentage of sperms with rectilinear movement by 16.6 % (р < 0.001), insignificant the percentage of sperm with other types of movement decreases by 4.65 % and the percentage of dead sperm in the ejaculate increases by 21.24 % (р < 0.001) compared with the absence of constant stress at work.
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Tkachev, A. V. & Tkacheva, O. L. (2026). THE EFFECT OF PROLONGED WORK STRESS ON MALE REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", № 1 (61), 134. https://doi.org/10.24412/2076-9091-2026-161-134-146
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