ArticleFrontiers in public health2024
Factors associated with access to health services among people with long COVID in the Brazilian Amazon.
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- Barriers to Long COVID Care in the U.S.: An Application of Levesque et al.'s Access Framework.Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy · 2026Article
- SARS-CoV-2 Detection and Persistence in a Remote Amazonian Settlement.Journal of tropical medicine · 2025Article
- Treatment completion and challenges in rolling out 12-dose weekly rifapentine plus isoniazid to prevent tuberculosis among people living with HIV and pediatric household contacts in Brazil.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Access to healthcare services for the population with long COVID is a challenge, as healthcare systems have been tasked with responding effectively to the extensive clinical heterogeneity of this disease. Objective: To analyze the factors associated with access to health services among people with long COVID in the Brazilian Amazon. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using a quantitative method, conducted through an online survey between May 2023 and January 2024. The study included participants aged 18 years or older, residing in the northern region of Brazil, with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 and who experienced long COVID. Participants completed an adapted version of the questionnaire on the Research Electronic Data Capture platform. Data were analyzed by multiple logistic regression. Results: A total of 364 people with long COVID participated in the study, of which only 167 (45.88%) had access to healthcare to treat the symptoms of this clinical condition. In the final multiple logistic regression model, only factors related to the need for services were associated with healthcare access. Participants with symptoms of dermatological alterations (AOR = 2.57; Conclusion: Factors related to the need for services were the only ones associated in this population. It is important to know these aspects to identify the most affected populations and propose measures.
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