Análise qualitativa da autopercepção de adultos sobre a sua qualidade de vida, condições de saúde e desempenho físico após a infecção pela covid-19

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the understanding and perception of volunteers about their health condition, quality of life and problems supposedly faced after the diagnosis of COVID-19. Methods: This was a qualitative and cross-sectional study, carried out with 15 volunteers over 30 years of age, regardless of gender, who had a positive diagnosis for COVID-19 at some point during the pandemic, living in the Jardim Brasília neighborhood in Uberlândia/MG. The information was collected through a semi-structured questionnaire by the authors between the period of February 2022. After transcribing, reading and rereading the interviews, the following categories emerged: Subjective feelings, chronic diseases, associated pathologies, disability, sedentary lifestyle, restrictions physical activity, loss of function, insomnia and sleep disturbances. Results: It can be observed in the speeches of the volunteers that after the infection by COVID-19 there was a worsening in the quality of life, health conditions and physical performance, thus promoting higher levels of physical inactivity, sedentary lifestyle, depression and anxiety. Conclusion: Adults over 30 years old who had a positive diagnosis for COVID-19 had a worsening in their quality of life, health conditions and physical performance when compared to before the infection, this brought losses such as physical inactivity, sedentary lifestyle, psychological problems, emotional and physical.