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Published on 16 de enero de 2025 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2025.01.3014

A systematic analysis of the literature on the post-COVID-19 condition in Latin America focusing on epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and risk of bias

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Descriptive summary of the included studies.
FrequencyReference
VariableNo.%
Publication year (n = 55)202035.5[8–10]
20211527.3[11–25]
20222443.6[26–49]
2023 or later1323.6[50–62]
Corresponding author country (n = 55)Argentina59.1[11,22,23,47,61]
Brazil1221.8[10,16,19,29,33–35,43,52,54,55,57]
Canada11.8[50]
Chile1018.2[18,21,28,36,37,40,41,51,59,62]
Colombia47.3[24,26,27,60]
Ecuador610.9[12,14,15,30,31,39]
Italy11.8[25]
Mexico610.9[8,9,17,20,48,49]
Peru23.6[32,44]
Sri Lanka11.8[42]
Trinidad and Tobago11.8[46]
United States23.6[38,45]
Venezuela11.8[53]
Not reported or more than one country35.5[13,56,58]
International collaboration (n = 55)Yes2749.0[8,12,13,15,18,28,30,31,33,34,36–40,42,43,45,50–56,58,59]
No2851.0[9–11,14,16,17,19–27,29,32,35,41,44,46–49,57,60–62]
Language (n = 55)Spanish only1018.2[9,14,22,23,27,37,38,47,48,61]
Spanish, English47.3[32,36,44,62]
English4174.5[8,10–13,15–21,24–26,28–31,33–35,39–43,45,46,49–60]
Regional journal (n = 55)Yes1832.7[9,11,14,20,22,23,27,32,36–38,41,44,47,48,56,61,62]
No3767.2[8,10,12,13,15–19,21,24–26,28–31,33–35,39,40,42,43,45,46,49–55,57–60]
Article type (n = 55)Original article4887.3[8–13,15–19,21–25,27–29,31–45,47–55,57–61]
Letter to the editor23.6[20,56]
Commentary59.1[14,26,30,46,62]
Original article type (n = 48)Research4491.7[8–13,15–19,21–24,27–29,31–35,38–41,43–45,47–55,57–61]
Review48.3[25,36,37,42]
Comparison group (n = 44)Descriptive study1534.1[9–12,16,17,19,22,24,27,28,31,32,44,45]
Analytical study2965.9[8,13,15,18,21,23,29,33–35,38–41,43,47–55,57–61]
Direction regarding outcome (n = 29)Cross-sectional study2068.9[18,21,23,29,33,38–41,48,50–55,57,59–61]
Case-control study13.5[8]
Cohort study827.6[13,15,34,35,43,47,49,58]

Source: Prepared by the authors.