All issues > Volume 36(7); 1993

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1993;36(7):994-1001. Published online July 15, 1993.

Assessment by Question-Naire of Disease Status of the Pupils in Two Primary Schools in Seoul

Jae Kyung JK Choi¹, Nam Soo NS Kim¹, Soo Jee SJ Moon¹, Hahng H Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

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%)

Keywords :Disease status, Primary school, Present illness, Part history of diseases, Part history of hospitalization, Part history of surgery, Hearing disturbance