This study was a cross-sectional study aimed at improving the quality of healthy life and providing basic data to help prevention and management by analyzing changes in general health examination results before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adult men and women aged 20 years or older who underwent a general health checkup conducted at a clinic-level hospital were the subjects. A total of 1,984 subjects were included, and among them, 1,399 subjects were used, excluding 585 subjects with missing LDL cholesterol levels
In order to find out the changes in general medical check-up results before and after the COVID-19 epidemic, a chi-square test and hierarchical logistic regression analysis were performed using the SPSS 23 program.
Results of the analysis showed that, the change in SGOT was significant before and after the COVID-19 pandemic (p<0.01), blood pressure was affected by gender, BMI, smoking, drinking blood sugar; SGOT was affected by gender, smoking, drinking, exercise, and muscle exercise. SGPT was associated with gender, BMI, and total cholesterol levels. TG was associated with gender and BMI and LDL cholesterol levels were significantly influenced by gender, BMI, and exercise.
In addition, the results showed that there were changes in blood pressure, SGOT, SGPT, total cholesterol, and TG, which are the results of general medical check-ups before and after COVID-19.
Therefore, it is necessary to approach the local community by considering social and environmental factors. This study requires policies to improve health problems and health-related quality of life in an infectious disease crisis such as COVID-19.