Korean J Health Promot.  2017 Sep;17(3):168-175. 10.15384/kjhp.2017.17.3.168.

Examinees' Knowledge of the Result Form of Korean National Health Examination

• Oh IJ
• Choi HY
• Kang SY
• Lee JA
• Kim YS

• KMID: 2391308
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.15384/kjhp.2017.17.3.168

Abstract

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.

Keyword

National health examination; Result forms; Examinee

MeSH Terms

Cardiovascular Diseases
Chronic Disease
Cognition Disorders
Counseling
Hematologic Tests
Hospitals, General
Humans
Korea
Linear Models
Mass Screening
Mortality

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