Agenda for COVID-19 and long COVID research priorities in Brazil: results of wide consultation and Delphi consensus, 2022-2023
Abstract Objective To propose an agenda of COVID-19 and long COVID research priorities, in order to guide government and research funding agencies to optimize health science, technology and innovation resources in Brazil. Methods This is a qualitative study, carried out in two stages, between Ap...
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Ministério da Saúde do Brasil
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-96222025000100248&lng=en&tlng=en |
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| Summary: | Abstract Objective To propose an agenda of COVID-19 and long COVID research priorities, in order to guide government and research funding agencies to optimize health science, technology and innovation resources in Brazil. Methods This is a qualitative study, carried out in two stages, between April 2022 and March 2023. In the first stage, a broad consultation was carried out to identify research priorities according to the axes of the COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making initiative, with 71 participants including researchers, health service managers, health science and technology managers, health professionals and health service users. In the second stage, a consensus was reached on the priorities proposed in the previous stage, using the Delphi method, with a panel of 20 experts on COVID-19 in the first round and 18 in the second round. Results In the broad consultation, 186 priority lines of research on COVID-19 were received and consolidated into 161 research lines. Of these, 139 achieved consensus in the first round of the Delphi method, and a further 40 lines were received and included in the second round for consensus. The proposed agenda has 179 research lines on COVID-19. The predominant themes were evaluation, COVID-19 impact and sequelae, long COVID-19, mental illnesses and immunosuppression. The child population was of greatest interest. Conclusions This study demonstrated high levels of agreement among participants on COVID-19 and long COVID research priorities in Brazil. |
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| ISSN: | 2237-9622 |