LOCUS (LOng Covid–Understanding Symptoms, events and use of services in Portugal): A three-component study protocol

J. P. Dinis Teixeira; Mário J. D. S. Santos; Patrícia Soares; Luísa de Azevedo; Patrícia Barbosa; Andreia Vilas Boas; João V. Cordeiro; Sónia Dias; Marta Fonseca; Ana Rita Goes; Maria João Lobão; Marta Moniz; Sofia Nóbrega; André Peralta-Santos; Víctor Ramos; João Victor Rocha; António Carlos da Silva; Maria da Luz Brazão; Andreia Leite; Carla Nunes

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0285051

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LOCUS (LOng Covid–Understanding Symptoms, events and use of services in Portugal): A three-component study protocol

J. P. Dinis Teixeira ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jpd.teixeira@ensp.unl.pt

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7957-2105

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Mário J. D. S. Santos,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4804-1843

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Patrícia Soares,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5033-9115

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Luísa de Azevedo,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Serviço de Medicina Interna, Centro Hospitalar Póvoa de Varzim-Vila do Conde, EPE, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
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Patrícia Barbosa,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Andreia Vilas Boas,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Hospital da Luz Arrábida, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, Portuguese Society of Internal Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal
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João V. Cordeiro,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Lisbon, Portugal
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Sónia Dias,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Marta Fonseca,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA Medical School, Comprehensive Health Research Centre, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Ana Rita Goes,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Maria João Lobão,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Cascais, Alcabideche, Cascais, Portugal
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Marta Moniz,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Sofia Nóbrega,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hospital Central do Funchal, Serviço de Saúde da Região Autónoma da Madeira, SESARAM, EPE, Funchal, Portugal
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André Peralta-Santos,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Víctor Ramos,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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João Victor Rocha,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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António Carlos da Silva,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Public Health Department, Regional Health Administration of Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Ministry of Health, Lisbon, Portugal
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Maria da Luz Brazão,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hospital Central do Funchal, Serviço de Saúde da Região Autónoma da Madeira, SESARAM, EPE, Funchal, Portugal
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Andreia Leite ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Andreia Leite, Carla Nunes

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Department of Epidemiology, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0843-0630

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Carla Nunes †

Contributed equally to this work with: Andreia Leite, Carla Nunes

† Deceased.

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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LOCUS (LOng Covid–Understanding Symptoms, events and use of services in Portugal): A three-component study protocol

J. P. Dinis Teixeira,
Mário J. D. S. Santos,
Patrícia Soares,
Luísa de Azevedo,
Patrícia Barbosa,
Andreia Vilas Boas,
João V. Cordeiro,
Sónia Dias,
Marta Fonseca,
Ana Rita Goes

Published: April 26, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285051

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