RELATION BETWEEN SOLAR RADIATION VARIABLES AND PSYCHOMETRIC STATES IN THE DWELLERS OF THE PUNA JUJEÑA ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONOBIOLOGICAL STUDIES

LARRÁN M1; ATANACIO Y1; HERNÁNDEZ DE BORSETTI N1,2; GONZÁLEZ POMA E1

Biocell 44

INST HISTOL EMBRIOL-CONICET

Año: 2020

Jujuy province has distinguished physical environments. In this sense, the Puna Altiplano occupies two-thirds of the provincial area, that due to its hostile environment, results in low population density being less studied, which arouses interest. This work aims to suggest the relation that exists among light, environment, and psychometric welfare in inhabitants of the Puna Jujeña. For this, geographic-climatic and environmental variables were analyzed (natural lighting-photoperiod, heliophany and intensity, georeferencing and seasonal period, among others), to be contrasted with welfare data through WHOQOL-BREF (W-B) quality of life questionnaires, hypothesizing that ambient lighting influences people´s behavior and well-being. Thirty-three individuals with a neutral chronotype (vespertine-matutine test), aged from 20 to 50 years, were studied. The W-B instrument was used in all four seasons of the year, producing a profile with four scored items (physical and psychological health, social and environmental relations) and two individual items about the perception of personal quality of life and health. The results of the W-B questionnaire showed psychometric resolving power differentiating opposite seasons of the year. The statistical analysis (variance, Tukey test, correlation coefficients) showed that there were no significant differences for the variables analyzed between spring?summer and between autumn?winter, coinciding with the measured values of photoperiod and maximum intensity of light. The trend indicates that the values of all the studied variables descend towards the winter solstice, and rise towards the summer solstice, adjusting to the expected chronobiological models, showing altitudinal accentuation.