Demographic, Epidemiological and Vaccine Profile of People with Symptoms of Long-Term Covid: Scoping Review

• Grant number: 22/11360-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2022
• End date: November 30, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing - Public Health Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Sílvia Carla da Sílva André Uehara
• Grantee: Júlia Hellen Ferreira de Sousa
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the scientific knowledge about the symptoms of long-term Covid, considering age, sex, presence of comorbidities and vaccination status. This is a scoping review based on the principles recommended by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). The bibliographic search will be conducted in the following electronic databases: Web of Science, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online and US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, LILACS and SCIELO. Searches will be conducted using the descriptors: Covid long; Symptoms; vaccine, age, sex and Post Covid Syndrome in Portuguese and English, and Spanish. For the selection of articles, PRISMA will be used, and the following inclusion criteria will be applied to articles of the original type, published in international or national journals, in English, Portuguese or Spanish, regardless of the year of publication. A practical guide developed by JBI will be used to analyze the studies.