오임정, 최효윤, 강서영, 이정아, 김영식

울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 가정의학과

Background: Cardiovascular diseases related mortality
attributes to approximately one fourth of mortality in
Korea, and management of chronic diseases is essential for
the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
Through the health screening program, early detection and
prevention of chronic disease are made possible,
and this will improve the health status of examinees. In the
current national health examination (NHE), counseling
and continuous management after NHE have not been
properly made. We aimed to investigate examinees’
knowledge of the result form of NHE in order to find the
ways of improvement.
Methods: We recruited 120 examinees, who have undergone
general health examination and life turning point
health examination (LTPHE), and conducted survey from
January 7, 2016 to January 26, 2016. Participants answered
questionnaires regarding demographic characteristics, health
screening related factors, and their
knowledge and attitude towards NHE. Answers were
converted to Likert scale, and student t-test, one-way
ANOVA, and linear regression models were used for the
analyses.
Results: Examinees’ knowledge of the result form was lowest
in the blood test category. When age and type of
institution were adjusted, the examinees in their 60s had
significantly lower knowledge of all the categories of
result forms except urine test in comparison to the younger
examinees. When type of institutions were compared,
examinees, who had undergone NHE in health screening
clinics, had significantly lower knowledge of
several categories of result forms in comparison to those
who had undergone NHE in private clinics and general
hospitals. Examinees’ knowledge of the LTPHE result form
was lowest in categories of “mild cognitive impairment
and dementia” and “fall down and voiding difficulty.”
Conclusions: The result form of NHE should be revised so
that examinees in old age can easily understand.
Examinees’ knowledge of the result form was lower in health
screening clinic; thus, quality of health screening
clinic should be improved for continuous care after NHE.
Korean J Health Promot 2017;17(3):168-175
Keywords: National health examination, Result forms,
Examinee