Vieira Yohana Pereira, Rocha Juliana Quadros Santos, Dos Santos Ferreira Viero Vanise, Nunes Bruno Pereira, Facchini Luiz Augusto, Duro Suele Manjourany Silva, Neves Rosália Garcia, Fernández-de-Las-Peñas César, de Oliveira Saes Mirelle
Postgraduate Programme in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande, Visconde de Paranaguá, 102, bairro Centro, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, 96203-900, Brazil.
Postgraduate in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Sci Rep. 2025 Apr 16;15(1):13104. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-72263-9.
This study aims to identify the use of health services by individuals with long COVID residing in South Brazil 6 months after the acute phase of a SARS-CoV-2 infection. A cross-sectional cohort study of individuals who survived coronavirus disease was conducted in Rio Grande, Brazil. The participants were asked about their use of health services during the 6-10 months following recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Data on the overall use of primary healthcare services, general practitioner services, emergency services, specialist doctors' services, and specialized services were collected. Individuals with long COVID reported more frequent use of primary healthcare services, emergency services, specialist doctors' services, and specialized services than those without long COVID. The musculoskeletal, neurological, and respiratory symptoms of long COVID were associated with frequent use of primary healthcare services, whereas the neurological, digestive, and respiratory symptoms were associated with frequent use of emergency services. Finally, the use of specialist doctors' services and specialized services was more frequent in participants with neurological symptoms than in those without these symptoms. Individuals with long COVID used more healthcare services than those without long COVID in South Brazil. Participants with a greater number of symptoms used more health services than those with fewer symptoms. Healthcare services use depends on the type of the long COVID symptoms. Health services in Brazil need to be reorganized and adapted to provide adequate treatment and care to people with long COVID.
本研究旨在确定巴西南部感染严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）急性期6个月后患有长期新冠的个体对医疗服务的使用情况。在巴西里奥格兰德对从冠状病毒病中康复的个体进行了一项横断面队列研究。参与者被问及在从SARS-CoV-2感染康复后的6至10个月内对医疗服务的使用情况。收集了关于初级医疗服务、全科医生服务、急诊服务、专科医生服务和专科服务总体使用情况的数据。与未患长期新冠的个体相比，患有长期新冠的个体报告更频繁地使用初级医疗服务、急诊服务、专科医生服务和专科服务。长期新冠的肌肉骨骼、神经和呼吸症状与频繁使用初级医疗服务相关，而神经、消化和呼吸症状与频繁使用急诊服务相关。最后，有神经症状的参与者比没有这些症状的参与者更频繁地使用专科医生服务和专科服务。在巴西南部，患有长期新冠的个体比未患长期新冠的个体使用更多的医疗服务。症状较多的参与者比症状较少的参与者使用更多的医疗服务。医疗服务的使用取决于长期新冠症状的类型。巴西的医疗服务需要进行重组和调整，以便为患有长期新冠的人提供充分的治疗和护理。
