Abstract
Although architectural countermeasures for problems such as the sick building syndrome have been promoted in recent years, countermeasures addressing the health concerns of residents have yet to be studied in detail. To investigate this subject from the viewpoint of the residents' living environment, a questionnaire survey was conducted in a student dormitory, and the results correlated with previously obtained formaldehyde concentrations. More than half of the residents reported subjective symptoms. The most notable being an irritating odor, which was reported by many residents who moved in immediately after the building was constructed. The results obtained by the logistic regression analysis showed that both the frequency of ventilation by residents and the length of their stay indoors as well as whether or not they had some type of allergic disease were recognized as the factors which influenced the declaration rate of the symptom in addition to the room attribute. Therefore, it is important for residents to take individual measures to improve the quality of the living environment and living style, and prevent health damage.
