The purpose of this study is to measure the general health status of high school students by use of Medical Data Index (MDI) and to examine the validity of MDI as. a tool of screening-test for the detection of health problems.
To achieve such goals the survey was conducted from April 1 to April 15, 1982 with subjects of high school students in Seoul area.
The number of questionnaires collected was 1536 (male 877, female 659). The statistical analysis was made on the data to show tag findings of percentage, mean, standard deviation, x2- test and analysis of variance test.
The summary of the analysis is as follows:
1. As for the frequency of health problems, the female students showed a higher fre-quency than the male students.
2. As for the major factors influencing health problem, the school grade and the number of sisters have turned out to be significant for male students and female students respectively.
3. Feeling reactions, eyes and general health were the most frequently complaineditems in the order of the list mentioned for both sexes.
4. As for physical problems, no substantial differences could be observed between MDI and Medical Examination.
From theabove results it could be concluded that MDI health questionnaire is a useful tool in finding out students´ health problems - not only physical but also emo-tional ones. Therefore it is recommended that MDI to be utilized for school nurses as a tool of screening test.
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