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KMID : 0363620110320060067
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
2011 Volume.32 No. 6 p.67 ~ p.73
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Survey of Fatigue-Related Health Conditions of General Population in a Metropolis
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Son Chang-Gue
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Abstract
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Objectives: To examine the overview of fatigue-related health conditions in the Korean general population.
Methods: Data were collected from 2,203 adults (1,126 men and 1,077 women) via a self-reporting questionnaire and their sleeping, exercise, stress, physical problems, use of functional food, and fatigue status were analyzed.
Results: The average sleeping hours was about 6.6±2.0 hrs per day, and 24.3% of subjects didn’t exercise (over 30 min) in a week. Around 16.5% of subjects were under severe stress, and 46.1% (36.9% male vs. 55.6% female) had had trouble with at least one form of physical distress including dyspepsia, headache or muscular pain. 45.4% (37.2% male vs. 53.9% female) of subjects used functional supplements. 46.3% (42.8% male vs. 50.0% female) of subjects complained of chronic fatigue, and they were significantly different compared with no-fatigue subjects regarding severe stress status (8.6% vs. 24.0%), frequency of physical distress (33.2% vs. 69.9%), and use of functional supplements (41.6% vs. 49.8%).
Conclusion: This result first reports the features of fatigue-related health conditions including prevalence of chronic fatigue in the Korean population. This data could be helpful to develop fatigue-focused traditional Korean medicine in the future.
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KEYWORD
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Chronic fatigue, quality of life, herbal medicine, traditional Korean medicine
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