Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine 1990;11(12):34-39.
Published online December 1, 1990.

건강검진자에서의 만성피로감과 임상검사 결과와의 관련성 조사 (Evaluation of Chronic Fatigue in Periodic Health Examination)

윤방부(Youn Bang Bu),오미경(Oh Mi Kyung),김선규(Kim Sun Kye),이재윤(Lee Jai Youn)

연세대학교의과대학 가정의학과

Abstract

Although fatigue is one of the most common complaints in ambulatory care, research has been minimal. We disigned a controlled study to determine the prevalance of chronic fatigue in periodic health examination, the usefullness of laboratory evaluation.
The results were as follow.
1. The total number of subjects was 277, in which 122 was fatigued persons(the prevalance was 44%), in the age distribution of fatigued persons, the largest was the thirties.
2. there was no significant difference between the fatigued group and the controlled group in laboratory data(Hemoglobin, Hematocrit, Anemia SGOT, SGPT, HBsAg, Anti-HBs, Urine sugar, Chest PA)