Fatores relacionados à COVID longa na população adulta do Brasil / Factors related to long COVID in the adult population of Brazil
Rev Enferm UFPI
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12(1): e3811, 2023-12-12. tab
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RESUMO
Objetivo:
Analisar os fatores relacionados à COVID longa na população adulta do Brasil.Métodos:
Estudo transversal analítico, do tipo web-survey, com abordagem quantitativa. A amostragem foi não probabilística, do tipo intencional, e incluiu 228 adultos brasileiros que testaram positivo para COVID-19. A coleta de dados ocorreu por meio de questionário online. Para verificar a associação entre variáveis qualitativas, utilizou-se o Teste Qui-quadrado ou Teste Exato de Fisher e, nas quantitativas, aplicou-se o Teste de Mann-Whitney com significância de 0,05.Resultados:
Constatou-se que houve associação de variáveis sociodemográficas com a COVID longa. Observa-se maior média de idade entre aqueles em que persistiram os sintomas (p=0,041). A renda familiar daqueles com sintomas persistentes era inferior à dos indivíduos sem persistência (p=0,005). A prática de atividade física esteve associada a não persistência dos sintomas (p=0,024). A hipertensão arterial foi a comorbidade mais prevalente naqueles com sintomas persistentes (5,9%). No quadro clínico de COVID-19 associado à persistência dos sintomas, identificam-se calafrios (p-valor=0,009), cefaleia (p-valor=0,0027), tosse (p-valor=0,000), anosmia (p-valor=0,048), ageusia (p-valor=0,013), dispneia (p-valor=0,000) e diarreia (p-valor=0,018). sintoma de COVID longa mais prevalente foi a fadiga (62,89%).Conclusão:
Idade e renda estiveram associadas à COVID longa. Praticar atividade física esteve associado a não persistência de sintomas. Descritores COVID-19;COVID Longa; Sinais e Sintomas;Fatores de Risco; Brasil.ABSTRACT
Objective:
To analyze the factors related to long COVID in the adult population of Brazil.Methods:
Analytical cross-sectional study, web-survey type, with quantitative approach. The sampling was non-probabilistic, of the intentional type, including 228 Brazilian adults who tested positive for COVID-19. Data collection took place through an online questionnaire. To verify the association between qualitative variables, the Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test was used and, in quantitative variables, the Mann-Whitneytest was applied with significance of 0.05.Results:
It was observed that there was an association of sociodemographic variables with long COVID. A higher mean age was observed among those who persisted symptoms (p=0.041). The family income of those with persistent symptoms was lower than that of individualswithout persistence (p=0.005). The practice of physical activity was associated with the non-persistence of symptoms (p=0.024). Arterial hypertension was the most prevalent comorbidity in those with persistent symptoms (5.9%). In the clinical picture of COVID-19 associated with the persistence of symptoms, it is observed chills (p-value=0.009), headache (p-value=0.0027), cough (p-value=0.000), anosmia (p-value=0.048), ageusia (p-value=0.013), dyspnea (p-value=0.000) and diarrhea (p-value=0.018). The most prevalent long COVID symptom was fatigue (62.89%).Conclusion:
Age and income were associated with long COVID. Physical activity was associated with no persistence of symptoms. Descriptors COVID-19; Long Covid; Signs and Symptoms; Risk Factors; BrazilSubject(s)
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Signs and Symptoms
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Brazil
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Risk Factors
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COVID-19
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Rev Enferm UFPI
Year:
2023
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal do Piauí/BR
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