Comparison of Taste and Smell Test Results Before and After COVID-19 in Yakumo Residents Health Checkup ― Comparison between 2019 and 2022 ―

Abstract

Since August 2007 the authors have conducted health checkups for residents of Yakumo Town Hokkaido over three days yearly with approximately 600 people Taste and smell tests were conducted on the study participants and the results have been reported However in 2020 and 2021 we were could not receive a health checkup data to the influence of the new coronavirus But in August 2022 we were finally able to obtain the results of taste and smell tests Therefore in this study we compare the taste and smell test results obtained in August 2019 before the COVID-19 epidemic and in August 2022 after the COVID-19 epidemic Taste and smell were measured using a simple test kit and height weight and blood pressure were also obtained