Atchara Kalayanachati. Assessment of outcomes of health checkups at Mobile Health Checkup Unit, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. (). Chulalongkorn University. : , 2002.
Assessment of outcomes of health checkups at Mobile Health Checkup Unit, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
Abstract:
Objective : To assess the outcomes of health checkups at Mobile Health Checkup Unit of King Chulalongkorn Memorial HospitalDesign: Descriptive study.Methods: The study was conducted in August to December 2001 by measuring heights, weights and blood pressures, recording physical and laboratory outcomes, interviewinghealth - checkup clients' characteristics. Data were analyzed for the percentage of abnormal findings and tested for association by Chi-square test.Results: The results showed that 2230 health-checkup clients were : 924 males (41.4%) and 1306 females (58.6%);97.4% were 25-59 years old. 96.6% were Buddhist; 74.1% had bachelor degree education or higher, 9.8% were smokers; 27.3% were alcohol drinkers; and 53.9% had no regular exercise. Their physical and laboratory results showed that 5.0% of the clients were obese; 22.6% were hypertensive; 3.1% were diabetic mellitus; 49.6% and 4.6% had high blood cholesterol at 221-299 mg% and higher than 300 mg%, respectively; 4.7% and 14.8% were anemic in males and in females respectively. The associations between BMI and cholesterol, fasting blood sugar and hypertension were statistically significant (p<0.001).Conclusion: Obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and anemia were major health problems of health - checkup clients.