Agenda for COVID-19 and long COVID research priorities in Brazil: results of wide consultation and Delphi consensus, 2022-2023
Year: 2025
Type: article
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.
Institutions: Universidade de Brasília, Ministério da Saúde
Language: English
Subfield: Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411349497