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90 percent of adults suffer chronic fatigue: survey
By Kim Bo-eun
Nine out of 10 Korean adults constantly feel tired, a survey showed.
The brand strategy research institute affiliated with Uni Communications published a report on the results of a study examining fatigue levels of 1,000 Korean men and women.
According to the report, 87.1 percent of the respondents said they felt worn out. Those in their 30s were found to have the highest levels of fatigue, at 91.1 percent.
When asked about the reason for their fatigue, their boss and colleagues at work came first, with 42.3 percent. Next, 14.1 percent responded their spouses, while 10.5 percent cited their children and 8.7 percent their parents.
“Is this all you can do?” “When are you going to find yourself a job and earn money?” and “Aren’t you going to get married?” were some comments that respondents cited as making them feel weary.
The most widely experienced symptom was declining physical strength and becoming sluggish and the longest lasting symptom was dry eyes.
Only a fourth of the participants were taking fatigue-preventing vitamin B1 tablets.
With the absence of B1, glucose decomposers can turn into fatigue-inciting substances, resulting in not only tiredness, but loss of appetite, lethargy, neuropathy, muscular pain and anxiety.
“It is important that one makes the effort to recover when one feels run down” said a researcher at the institute. “Taking nutritional supplements can also be a good way to prevent fatigue,” he added.