The Journal of Korean Medicine (대한한의학회지)

The Society of Korean Medicine (대한한의학회)
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Survey for General Traits of Health-associated Factors of High School Students in Daegeon City

대전지역 고등학생들의 건강관련 인자 조사 연구

  • Seo, Kyoung-Suk (Student Counseling Center, Daejeon Oriental Hospital, Daejeon University) ;
  • Ahn, Yo-Chan (Deepartment of Health Service Management, Daejeon University) ;
  • Son, Chang-Gue (Liver and Immunology Research Center, Daejeon Oriental Hospital, Daejeon University)
  • 서경숙 (대전대학교 한의과대학 만성피로클리닉 수험생 심리상담실) ;
  • 안요찬 (대전대학교 병원경영학과) ;
  • 손창규 (대전대학교 한의과대학 간장.면역센터)
  • Received : 2010.05.03
  • Accepted : 2010.07.02
  • Published : 2010.07.31
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Abstract

Objective: To obtain an overview of the status of health-associated factors of Korean high school adolescents. Methods: 2,455 high school students (1,808 boys and 647 girls) filled out questionnairesfor their health-related factors such as physical problems, sleep and exercise. Results: Students sleep about 5.5 hours per day while they exercise only 2.6 hours each week. 14.2% of students skip breakfast every day. 31.0% of students were under severe stress, and 46.4 % has at least one symptom of distresses such as indigestion, headache, frequently catching cold, or muscle pain. 40.7% of the students took a functional supplement, especially vitamins as the most common, and ginseng and herbal drugs as the second and third. Conclusion: These results present general health-associated status of high school students, thus they could be helpful to design medicinal strategies for high school students using traditional Korean medicine.

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