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A Study on the Subjective Symptoms of Workers and Users in Public Facilities

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  • Lee, Jong-Dae (Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Son, Bu-Soon (Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • HwangBo, Yung (Institute of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
  • 이종대 (순천향대학교 환경보건학과) ;
  • 손부순 (순천향대학교 환경보건학과) ;
  • 황보영 (순천향대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
  • Received : 2010.05.27
  • Accepted : 2011.01.11
  • Published : 2011.02.28

Abstract

This study was conducted to survey the subjective symptoms of workers and users in selected 5 public facility groups(offices, performance halls, private crammers, wedding halls and indoor sports facilities), located in Seoul, Daejeon and Chungnam Province. Overall as subjective symptoms that were worse at public facilities than those usual, following responses appeared: I have a headache, My eyes are dry or feel irritated or itching, I feel eyestrain or my eyes are bloodshot, My nose was stuffy, I have a cough, I feel dry in the throat or inflammation happens, I feel oppressed in the breast or sometimes have difficulty in breathing, My skin gets dry, My skin is itching or has some spots, I feel like vomiting, I feel easily tired or sleep, I lose my concentration and I feel my memory is falling, I feel dizzy, I feel depressed, I feel being sharp and feel tension, I feel muscular pain or stiffness on shoulders, back and neck. Also, we compare with normal subjective symptoms scores and subjective symptoms scores in public facilities. The highest subjective symptoms score in at normal was my skin gets dry(2.35 points) and subjective symptoms score in public facilities was I feel eyestrain or my eyes are bloodshot(2.61 points).

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