Table 2 The average of visits to health centers by patients with diabetes and hypertension a year before and after COVID-19 pandemic

Number of visits

Diabetes

Hypertension

N

Mean

SD

P_value^*

N

Mean

SD

Pvalue^*

Number of visits in the health center a year after COVID-19

197

1.47

1.38

0/005^**

176

2.50

2.04

0/000^**

Number of visits in the health center a year before COVID-19

197

1.83

1.71

176

3.36

2.80

Number of visits outside the health center a year after COVID-19

198

0.73

1.05

0/000^**

198

0.86

1.06

0/000^**

Number of visits outside the health center a year before COVID-19

198

2.46

2.20

198

2.69

2.10