Needs and access to health services by people in post-COVID-19 Condition in Brazil: a qualitative study
Post-COVID-19 condition involves persistent symptoms that impact quality of life and require ongoing care. This study aimed to identify the health needs and health care services used by individuals in post-COVID-19 condition, as well as to describe the costs borne by the users. This is a qualitative...
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| author | Kelly Laste Macagnan Teila Ceolin Caroline Vasconcellos Lopes Vanessa de Araujo Marques Juliana Graciela Vestena Zillmer |
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| description | Post-COVID-19 condition involves persistent symptoms that impact quality of life and require ongoing care. This study aimed to identify the health needs and health care services used by individuals in post-COVID-19 condition, as well as to describe the costs borne by the users. This is a qualitative study conducted at the post-COVID outpatient clinic of a teaching hospital in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Ten families participated, comprising ten individuals in post-COVID-19 condition and ten family members, totaling twenty participants. The sample was intentional, and data collection took place between March and August 2022 through semi-structured interviews. Data were organized using the IRAMUTEQ software and analyzed through content analysis. Individuals in post-COVID-19 condition presented health needs that made them dependent on family care and required multidisciplinary care. They accessed different services within the SUS care network, as well as private services paid for out-of-pocket, such as medical consultations, physical therapy, tests, and medication purchases. People in post-COVID-19 condition require continuous care, both in primary and specialized care, with a multidisciplinary team for rehabilitation, prevention of functional dependency progression, and new complications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a532e641868a4fe6a9b5ce2a88b723ae2025-08-20T03:16:45ZengCentro Universitário São CamiloO Mundo da Saúde0104-78091980-39902025-07-014910.15343/0104-7809.202549e17402025P2272Needs and access to health services by people in post-COVID-19 Condition in Brazil: a qualitative studyKelly Laste Macagnan0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5597-801XTeila Ceolin1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0410-6289Caroline Vasconcellos Lopes2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7327-3945Vanessa de Araujo Marques3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5980-7501Juliana Graciela Vestena Zillmer4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6639-8918Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Pelotas – PPGEnf/UFPel. Pelotas/RS, Brasil.Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Pelotas – FE/UFPel. Pelotas/RS, Brasil.Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Católica de Pelotas – FAEN/UCPel. Pelotas/RS, Brasil.Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Pelotas – PPGEnf/UFPel. Pelotas/RS, Brasil.Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Pelotas – PPGEnf/UFPel. Pelotas/RS, Brasil.Post-COVID-19 condition involves persistent symptoms that impact quality of life and require ongoing care. This study aimed to identify the health needs and health care services used by individuals in post-COVID-19 condition, as well as to describe the costs borne by the users. This is a qualitative study conducted at the post-COVID outpatient clinic of a teaching hospital in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Ten families participated, comprising ten individuals in post-COVID-19 condition and ten family members, totaling twenty participants. The sample was intentional, and data collection took place between March and August 2022 through semi-structured interviews. Data were organized using the IRAMUTEQ software and analyzed through content analysis. Individuals in post-COVID-19 condition presented health needs that made them dependent on family care and required multidisciplinary care. They accessed different services within the SUS care network, as well as private services paid for out-of-pocket, such as medical consultations, physical therapy, tests, and medication purchases. People in post-COVID-19 condition require continuous care, both in primary and specialized care, with a multidisciplinary team for rehabilitation, prevention of functional dependency progression, and new complications.https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/1740covid-19rehabilitationaccessibility to health serviceshealth expendituresqualitative research |
| spellingShingle | Kelly Laste Macagnan Teila Ceolin Caroline Vasconcellos Lopes Vanessa de Araujo Marques Juliana Graciela Vestena Zillmer Needs and access to health services by people in post-COVID-19 Condition in Brazil: a qualitative study O Mundo da Saúde covid-19 rehabilitation accessibility to health services health expenditures qualitative research |
| title | Needs and access to health services by people in post-COVID-19 Condition in Brazil: a qualitative study |
| title_full | Needs and access to health services by people in post-COVID-19 Condition in Brazil: a qualitative study |
| title_fullStr | Needs and access to health services by people in post-COVID-19 Condition in Brazil: a qualitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Needs and access to health services by people in post-COVID-19 Condition in Brazil: a qualitative study |
| title_short | Needs and access to health services by people in post-COVID-19 Condition in Brazil: a qualitative study |
| title_sort | needs and access to health services by people in post covid 19 condition in brazil a qualitative study |
| topic | covid-19 rehabilitation accessibility to health services health expenditures qualitative research |
| url | https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/1740 |
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