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The purpose of this study was to investigate the gastrointestinal tract symptoms by upper gastrointestinal series to serve a basis data for preparation of health policy and for developing program of health promotion.
The data was collected by a physical examination in 2005. The subjects in this study were 564 citizens in B City, Korea.
Based on the results, the physical examination respondents by the upper gastrointestinal series were 44.3% in man, 55.7% in woman ; the highest by 37.6% in fifties.
The condition which it felt from the gastrointestinal tract was 72.7% in nothing symptom ; the highest by 71.3% in forties. the normality in nothing symptom was 63.1% ; the normality in complain condition was 46.2%.
Symptoms in gastrointestinal tract were that the pyrosis tingle was high in man ; the dyspepsia in woman ; the gastroptosis cascade stomach in all.
Symptoms in gastrointestinal tract by ages classification were that the dyspepsia was high in all ; the gastroptosis ․ cascade stomach was high in 40, 50, 60 ages ; the duodenal diverticula was high above 70 ages.
The above results showed that symptoms in gastrointestinal tract was the highest in dyspepsia ; was high in gastroptosis cascade stomach by diseases.
So health education as well as public information about gastrointestinal tract suitable to the citizens for good health should be needed more and more in future.
For this reason, it is suggested that we develop programs to promote life quality for health management, and need to have health education for prevent diseases.