Journal of the Korean Society of School Health (한국학교보건학회지)
- Volume 10 Issue 2
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- Pages.169-178
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- 1997
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- 1225-9608(pISSN)
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- 2288-9957(eISSN)
Relationship Between Subjective Fatigue Symptoms, Body Type and Health Awareness in Middle School Students
중학생의 피로자각증상과 체형 및 건강의식과의 관련성에 관한 연구
- Song, In Soon (Taejon Namsun Middle School) ;
- Cho, Young Chae (Dept. of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University)
- Published : 1997.09.01
Abstract
In order to investigate the complaint rates of subjective fatigue symptoms and study the relationship between them and body type, health awareness in middle school students, we carried out a survey of 1,209 students (654 boy students and 555 girl students) at a middle school in Taejon City by a self-recorded questionnaire. The survey was conducted in June, 1997. The results obtained were as follows: 1. Among complaints of fatigue, "feel like lying down" was the highest, followed by "feel anxious about things", "feel drowsy", "yawning a lot", "eye strain" and "whole body feels tired" in descending order. 2. In the average weighted score of fatigue complaint, dullness and sleepiness (I) was the highest, followed by a difficulty in concentration (II) and bodily projection of fatigue (III) in descending order. Fatigue seems to create mental stress rather than physical burdens. 3. In the classification of body type based on the
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