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http://dx.doi.org/10.15188/kjopp.2018.12.32.6.403

Cross-sectional Study on Health Status and Symptom Recognition of Adolescents by Grade  

Shin, Seon Mi (Department of Korean Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Semyung University)
Park, Jeong Su (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Semyung University)
Go, Ho Yeon (Department of Korean Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Semyung University)
Kim, Dong Su (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
Sung, Hyun Kyung (Department of Pediatrics, College of Korean Medicine, Semyung University)
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Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine / v.32, no.6, 2018 , pp. 403-410 More about this Journal
Abstract
Lifestyle of adolescents cause a lot of health effects in the future. Therefore, in Korea, school health law was enacted and relevant business such as school education program is being carried out. This study was conducted to recognize symptom according to grade. A survey of youth health status was conducted at 19 middle and high schools in Seongnam city from May 2015 to December 2015. The survey made up of 14 questions which was about the health status satisfaction on the adolescent was conducted to investigate frequency by year and the respective health status of 6 grades. A total of 9,584 students responded to the survey, 58.22% answered that they were not free of constipation. 25.69% of respondents had no symptoms of headache, consequently over 70% of respondents had headache. 57.06% of respondents had no symptoms of low back pain and 34.7% had no symptoms of neck & shoulder pain, therefore over 50% of respondents had muscular skeletal symptoms. In menstrual history, only 17.95% of respondents said their period was regular and painless. In respiratory history, except cold, no nasal drop & obstruction has appeared in the group of 54.02%. And 62.97% of respondents had persistent cough usually with cold and 23.41% had cough with cold breeze even if not catch cold. In the third grade of high school students, there were many complaints of pain in various parts such as headache, back pain and shoulder pain, neck pain and menstrual pain, and there was a high rate of complaints of digestive system symptom and defecation symptom. More than half of respondent had constipation discomfort, headache and musculo-skeletal symptoms, menstrual problems and cough. In the third grade of high school students, the rate of complaints of pain complaints, digestive system symptoms, and bowel symptoms was high. Therefore, there is a need for measures and management for continuous health care and health promotion in accordance with students' symptoms and age at each grade level.
Keywords
Korean medicine school doctor; School doctor; School health; Symptom Recognition; Cross-sectional study;
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