The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between Feeling of Cumulative Fatigue (FCF) and lifestyle factors from the viewpoint of health education at school. The subjects of the analysis are 931 (469 males and 462 females) high-school students in Okayama prefecture. The survey was conducted in April, 2009. The main results were as follows:
1) The average number of FCF score was 66.1 for total, 65.3 for males and 66.9 for females. There was no significance between males and females.
2) Among the 15 lifestyle factors, there was a significant difference between males and females in such factors as awakening time, time of sleep, computer and game time, learning time in home, exercise and sport, snack, juice and bowel movement.
3) For males, bed time, time of sleep, time to onset of sleep, snoozing during class, computer and game time, learning time in home and snack were influential to FCF score. For females, on the other hand, bed time, time of sleep, time to onset of sleep, snoozing during class, exercise and sport, and bowel movement were influential to FCF score.
The following conclusion can be drawn from the above results: 1) Subjective symptoms about Feeling of Cumulative Fatigue for high-school students is likely to reflect life styles of students. 2) Subjective symptoms about Feeling of Cumulative Fatigue can be considered of value as health index in order to promote health education in school.
