| Assessment by Question-Naire of Disease Status of the Pupils in Two Primary Schools in Seoul |
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Jae Kyung Choi, Nam Soo Kim, Soo Jee Moon, Hahng Lee |
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Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea |
| 서울시내 2개 국민학교 학동에서의 설문지를 통한 질병상태 평가 |
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최재경, 김남수, 문수지, 이항 |
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한양대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
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We studied the disease status by question-naire in Seoul of the pupils in two primary schools on May, 1991 and carried out statistical analysis of their results.
The following results were observed:
1) Total number of answered pupil was 2330;1103 were male and 1227 were female and the ratio of male to female was 1:1.1. Average age was 9.27 years.
2) Number of the pupil with any present illness described was 499 (21.4%).
Majority was as follows:
① Respiratory system diseases; 358 (71.7%)
② Skin & Subcutaneous tissue diseases: 36 (7.2%)
③ Circulatory system diseases; 14 (2.8%)
④ Infectious diseases; 11 (2.2%)
⑤ Trauma; 7 (1.4%)
3) Number of the pupil with any disease on treatment was 225 (9.7%).
Majority was as follows:
① Respiratory system diseases; 108 among 358
② Skin & Subcutaneous diseases; 22 among 36
③ Infectious diseases; 11 among 11
④ Trauma; 3 among 7
⑤ Mental disorders; 1 among 6
4) Number of the pupil with the part history of diseases described was 561 (24.1%).
Majority was as follows;
① Respiratory system diseases; 217 (38.7%)
② Infectious diseases; 105 (18.7%)
③ Trauma; 74 (13.2%)
④ Nervous system & Sense organ diseases; 39 (7.0%)
⑤ Digestive system diseases; 27 (4.8%)
5) Number of the pupils with the part hospitalization history was 190 (8.2%).
Majority was as follows;
① Respiratory system diseases; 48 (25.3%)
② Trauma; 41 (21.6%)
③ Infectious diseases; 18 (9.5%)
④ Genitourinary system diseases; 9 (4.7%)
⑤ Digestive system diseases; 6 (3.2%)
6) Number of the pupils with the past history of surgery was 362 (15.5%).
The types of surgery of the causative diseases requiring surgery were as follows:
① Circumcision; 98 (4.2%)*
② Trauma; 73 (3.1%)
③ Tonsillectomy & Adenectomy; 46 (2.0%)
④ Inguinal herniectomy; 25 (1.1%)
⑤ Appendictomy; 10 (0.4%)
⑥ Intussusception; 10 (0.4%)
7) Number of the pupils with hearing disturbance was 498 (21.4%), with present illness of otitis media 19 (0.82%) and with the past history of otitis media 15 (0.64%).
8) Number of the pupils with visual disturbance was 498 (21.4%), with myopia 233 (10%), with hyperopia 49 (2.1%), with strabismus 16 (0.7%), color blindness 7 (0.3%).
9) Number of the pupils hoping to consult with the physicians were 446 (19.1%).
The contents of their consultation were as follows:
① Dental problems; 81 (18.0%)
② Extremity pain; 56 (13.0%)
③ Abdominal pain; 52 (12.0%)
④ Skin disease; 34 (7.6%)
⑤ Headache; 30 (6.7%)
10) Number of the pupil sttended to school inspite of disease was 846 (36.3%).
The caustive diseases were as follows:
① Upper respiratory infection; 217 (25.7%)
② Abdominal pain; 27 (3.2%)
③ Fever; 24 (2.8%)
④ Trauma; 8 (0.9%)
⑤ Infection (Measles, Mumps, Chicken pox et.); 6(0.7%) |
| Key Words:
Disease status, Primary school, Present illness, Part history of diseases, Part history of hospitalization, Part history of surgery, Hearing disturbance |
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