Significance and Utility of Ningen Dock from Viewpoint of Subjective Health Feeling

Abstract

  Ningen Dock is a comprehensive medical examination of the general body condition, health guidance is provided for abnormal findings, and more precise examinations and treatment are recommended as necessary.

  Evaluations are made from the viewpoints of weight and waist circumference reduction in the Specific Health Examination focused on metabolic syndrome and reducing mortality rates from cancers of specific organs in specific cancer screening. However, the utility of Ningen Dock, a system of general heath examination and evaluation, is unclear because of the wide ranging targets of examination and testing. Therefore, we carried out a study to assess the significance and utility of Ningen Dock from several viewpoints, especially subjective health feeling, which has attracted attention as an indicator of health evaluation in recent years. Subjective health feeling is correlated with mortality rate and healthy life span. Characteristically, the subjective health feeling of subjects who undergo Ningen Dock is very good even in old age, significantly different from that in the statistical results produced by the National Basic Health Survey. In addition, it is noteworthy that a good subjective health feeling is maintained by continuously undergoing Ningen Dock over the long-term.