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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1989; 12(1):13-21

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1989.12.1.13

Original Article

Mass Screening for Detection of Chronic Diseases by Health Examination and Pre-questionnaire

Sam Sup Choi, Jeong Sun Park, In Sook Moon
Corresponding author: In Sook Moon. Department Preventive Medicinn, Medical College, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Copyright ⓒ 1989. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

Mass screening of 827 faculty members in Ewha Womans University was conducted to examine prevalences of chronic diseases and usefulness of pre-questionnaire for detection of chronic diseases. The rate of unhealthy state among the participants was 6.7 per cent and was higher in male(10.7%), the older age group(13.2%), and the teaching staff(8.6%). Of the chronic diseases, diseases of the circulatory system were more highly detected. The results of health examination were in accord with the responses on pre-questionnaire for detection of chronic diseases in 65.2 per cent.