A survey was carried out on physical and mental unidentified complaints of 544 male repeaters who regularly attend a lecture in a preparatory school using a questionnaire from March 10 to May 10, 1984.
The unidentified complaints were evaluated by means of their behavior patterns such as sleeping condition, smoking, drinking, use of drugs and meal patterns.
The purpose of this investigation is to determine the relationship between their behavior patterns and level of unidentified complaints.
The results obtained are summarized as follows:
The level of unidentified complaints was classified into 3 groups: A group (under 5 items), .B group (6-11 items), C group (12 items and over).
Average number of unidentified complaints accounted for 3.7--, 1.3 items for A, 8.6±1.6
items for B, 12.6±0.9 items for C, and 8.1±3.1 items for the total:
The higher frequency rate of complaints revealed 84.0% of "fatigue", 79.0%a of "eye-strain",
64.3% of "headache", in physical complaints, and 73.7% of "depression", 67.50/o of "anxiety",
55.7%b of "inability to concentration", 51.1% of "irritability", in mental complaints.
There was statistically significant between unidentified complaints and behavior patterns
such as sleeping condition, sleeping hours, and use of drugs (p<0.01).
Those who slept uncomfortable (27.8%), 8 hours and over(18.9%), and using a sedative
(27.60) had relatively more complaints in C group.
The relationship between unidentified complaints and meal patterns also was statistically significant (p<0.01).
Those who had frequent lack of breakfast and lunch, irregular dinner (18.7%0) had relatively more complaints in C group.
The better physical-mental health status appears to be affected by the better eating behavior. In summarizing, the result of the survey clearly indicates that there would be significant relationship between behavior patterns and physical-mental health status on repeaters.
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