Factors associated with postponed health checkups during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic has serious social, economic and health consequences. Particularly in these times, it is important to maintain individual health. Therefore, it is important to take part in routine health checkups. Consequently, our objective was to describe the frequency and to identify the determinants of postponed routine health checkups.

Study design

Cross-sectional data from the nationally representative online-survey "COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring in Germany (COSMO)" was used (wave 17; July 2020).

Methods

In sum, 974 individuals were included in our analytical sample (average age was 45.9 years, SD: 16.5, 18-74 years). Postponed routine health checkups (yes or no) since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic were assessed.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Hajek A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8462783 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature