[Korea] 54% of people aged over 10s have experienced hypochondria

The survey was conducted with 500 respondents from 19th Jan to 24ths Jan to find out the opinions on hypochondria.

The study showed that female group (60.8%) had higher rate of hypochondria than male group (47.2%) and housewives had higher rate of hypochondria than other occupation group. Only 13.7% of people answered that they received clinical treatment for hypochondria from the hospital and medical specialists.

Male groups (35.6%) who tend to overcome hypochondria by smoking and drinking compared to female group (16.4%).

89.2% of the total respondents answered that hypochondria was highly related to committing the suicide.