Long-Term Symptoms among COVID-19 Survivors in Prospective Cohort Study, Brazil
Lívia Pimenta Bonifácio, Viviane N.F. Csizmar, Francisco Barbosa-Júnior, Ana P.S. Pereira, Marcel Koenigkam Santos, Danilo Tadao Wada, Gilberto Gambero Gaspar, Felipe Santos de Carvalho, Valdes Roberto Bóllela, Rodrigo de Carvalho Santana, João Paulo Souza, Fernando Bellissimo‐Rodrigues
Abstract
U nderstanding is growing that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can evolve and continue to cause prolonged symptoms, characterizing the post-COVID-19 condition (1-3). Potential implications go beyond effects on individual patients and might represent an additional burden on healthcare services and social security, which are both already affected by the pandemic. Therefore, learning more about the long-term repercussions of the disease among different populations is essential. This study aimed to describe the occurrence of long-term physical, psychological, and social consequences among patients who survived COVID-19 and received follow-up care at a post-COVID-19 outpatient clinic at a university hospital in Brazil.