PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of allergic disease among elementary school students in rural and urban areas.
METHODS
In this study, 1,513 elementary students (1,163 in urban areas, 350 in rural areas) were surveyed. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage of allergic symptoms and chi2 test was used to identify differences in the prevalence of allergic symptoms between urban and rural area students. The SAS program was used in the data analysis.
RESULTS
There were significant differences in the prevalence of allergic disease according to whether there was a family member with a prior history of allergy symptoms. 48.7% of surveyed students (49.4% in urban, 46.3% in rural) had allergic symptoms. Allergic rhinitis was the most frequent allergic symptom in both urban and rural students.
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that there is a need to prevent and manage allergies among elementary students. The family history should be considered an important factor when a program for allergy prevention and management is developed. Interventions are needed in both areas, especially for students with allergic rhinitis.

Citations

• Mitigation effects of redPlatycodon grandiflorumextract on lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation in splenocytes isolated from mice
  Eun-Jung Park, You-Suk Lee, Hyun Cheol Jeong, Sung-Hyen Lee, Hae-Jeung Lee
  Journal of Nutrition and Health.2019; 52(3): 243.     CrossRef

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to explore family function,social support, perceived quality of life (QOL) in adolescents and to identify correlations between family function, social support, and the perceived QOL.
METHOD
The questionnaire to obtain the data consisted of questions on general characteristics of the adolescents, 20 questions on family function, 11 questions on social support, and 8 questions on perceived QOL in adolescents. The participants were 128 adolescents who were living in S area. The data were analyzed using percentages, means, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson' correlation coefficients. The WINSPSS program was used to assist in data analysis.
RESULTS
The mean score for family function was 3.07 (out of 5) and there was a significant difference between middle and high school students. The mean score for social support was 2.86 (out of 5) and there were no significant differences. The mean score for perceived QOL was 4.02 (out of 7) and there was a significant difference according to physical health. There was a positive correlation between family function, social support, and perceived QOL in adolescents.
CONCLUSION
The results indicate a need to develop programs, policy assistance and implementation to strengthen factors contributing to a high perceived quality of life in these adolescents

The purpose of this study was to find out the correlations between mother-adolescent communication and quality of life in the adolescents. The study subjects consisted of 171 adolescents who were going to middle school and high school. The data included general characteristics, health related characteristics, stress, mother-adolescent communication and quality of life. The data were analyzed by frequency, mean, percentage, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson's correlation using the SPSS statistical program. The result were as follows: 1. The mean score for the stress of adolescent was 2.48(maximum score: 5) and there were significant difference according to demographic variables that is sex, grade, father's being and health related variables that is health status, frequently ill, illness severity and illness of family. 2. The mean score for the mother-adolescent communication was 3.27(maximum score : 5) and there were significant difference according to demographic variables that is father's and mother's being. There were no significant difference according to any health related variables. 3. The mean score for the quality of life of adolescent was 3.97(maximum score : 7) and there were no significant difference according to demographic and health related variables. 4. There was a negative correlation between the stress and the quality of life. There was a positive correlation between the quality of life and the mother-adolescent communication. There was a no correlation between the mother-adolescent communication and the quality of life. Consequently, the implication for nursing of this study is that there is a need to develop relief strategy of stress for the female adolescents. And there is a need to develop a promoting program of quality of life for the adolescents considering the stress and the mother-adolescent communication.