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Brito, Franciele Aline Machado de 211f8e61-c542-46da-ae5c-583332c00907 600 Laranjeira, Carlos 1085b55d-b136-4a05-8e94-84a75323a1f6 600 Moroskoski, Márcia d93d2d9f-84bc-4575-a50a-e6643a214c6b 600 Salci, Maria Aparecida 3ab1e38a-2917-4389-9a67-597707054fb0 500 Rossoni, Stéfane Lele d7e3a60e-4ed4-43d5-bd74-e1b225c48295 500 Baccon, Wanessa Cristina dcb69682-7c81-4dc8-b6a9-f365a7f25cb3 500 Oliveira, Rosana Rosseto de a7d7158c-1dd6-47c4-9bb7-9d6dd6e0704e 600 Marques, Priscila Garcia 0d736acd-732b-41f8-95ee-0fc9063573d0 600 Góes, Herbert Leopoldo de Freitas e8b88478-11fc-487e-82c3-08938e4c04b5 600 Mello, Fernanda Fontes c1924ee3-e98d-46b5-8712-af255f5428fc 500 Blaszczak, Flávia Renata Baldissera da Cruz a0e94eb4-6ce6-4f27-ab66-dd4ae6f04ea5 600 Vissoci, João Ricardo Nickenig d6dfef1a-c0f5-4c60-a3d0-5ebecdfef6e0 500 Puente Alcaraz, Jesús 630 500 0000-0002-6450-5599 Facchini, Luiz Augusto b6b7bc63-e5cf-4ce1-be32-ff6b24d9f82f 600 Carreira, Lígia 617f7afb-6bbe-47ec-ad10-173897a5f9bc 600 2026-02-12T10:15:09Z 2026-02-12T10:15:09Z 2025-01 https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11364 10.3390/healthcare13030228 2227-9032 Background/Objectives: Currently, there is a limited understanding of the long-term consequences following acute COVID-19, referred to as long COVID. This cross-sectional study aims to analyze the prevalence of persistent signs and symptoms of long COVID, 18 months after primary SARS-CoV-2 infection in adults in southern Brazil. Methods: Using two national databases (the digital registry of SARS-CoV-2 positive cases), 370 individuals living in the state of Paraná (Brazil) were recruited. Data were collected through telephone interviews conducted in 2021 and 2022. Results: The overall prevalence of long COVID was 66.2% among study participants. During the acute phase of infection, the most common symptom clusters included neurological symptoms (87.0%; n = 318), followed by respiratory (82.0%; n = 301), musculoskeletal (66.0%; n = 241), digestive (50.0%; n = 184), psychological (38.0%; n = 138), and endocrine symptoms (28.0%; n = 104). In the 18 month follow-up, the main persistent symptoms were memory loss (42.7%), fatigue (32.2%), anxiety (23.5%), dyspnea (19.7%), and hair loss (19.7%). The proportion of participants with long COVID was statistically higher in females (73.9%), those with a family income below two minimum wages (94.7%), those who do not practice physical activity (83.3%), those who report poor sleep quality (93.3%), those who use long-term medication (85.9%), those who needed health care in the previous six months (87.3%), those who required professional and/or family care (79.3%), those who were in the ICU (79.0%), and those who used ventilatory support (77.5%). Conclusions: Long COVID is a complex condition that requires long-term monitoring and investment in health services due to its high prevalence and the health consequences in the population. This work was funded by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)—grant number: 001/2023. It was also supported by FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (UIDB/05704/2020 and UIDP/05704/2020) and by the Scientific Employment Stimulus—Institutional Call—[https://doi.org/10.54499/CEECINST/00051/2018/CP1566/CT0012]. application/pdf eng MDPI Healthcare. 2025, V. 13, n. 3, p. 228-243 https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13030228 Atribución 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess SARS-CoV-2 Long Covid Signs and symptoms Cross-sectional Brazil Covid-19 COVID-19 (Disease) Salud pública Public health Self-Reported Post-COVID Symptoms at 18 Months After Infection Among Adults in Southern Brazil: A Cross-Sectional Study info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Healthcare 13 3 228 243 THUMBNAIL Machado-healthcare_2025.pdf.jpg Machado-healthcare_2025.pdf.jpg IM Thumbnail image/jpeg 4691 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11364/4/Machado-healthcare_2025.pdf.jpg 7c47c032451f5eb3581a26dd147f3052 MD5 4 LICENSE license.txt license.txt text/plain; charset=utf-8 999 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11364/3/license.txt b295bcbce42e2caabeb0c623d3860c06 MD5 3 CC-LICENSE license_rdf license_rdf application/rdf+xml; charset=utf-8 908 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11364/2/license_rdf 0175ea4a2d4caec4bbcc37e300941108 MD5 2 ORIGINAL Machado-healthcare_2025.pdf Machado-healthcare_2025.pdf application/pdf 531122 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11364/1/Machado-healthcare_2025.pdf 5f301d66886a80923ec6a580442e824e MD5 1 10259/11364 oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/11364 2026-02-16 09:59:30.727 Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos bubrep@ubu.es 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