Introduction: The transition of care is characterized as the follow-up of patient care for the
period of their hospitalization until the posteriority of this period, materializes the holistic care
thoughts adopted by nursing and perpetuates the true meaning of "caring". Objective: To assess
the transition of care for COVID-19 patients who were discharged from the hospital service to the
home. Methodology: This is a quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study
carried out with 49 patients and/or caregivers who were discharged from the Hospital
Universitário João de Barros de Barreto, in Belém-PA. A random sample was used. The Care
Transitions Measure-CTM-15 questionnaire validated in Brazil was applied. The collected data
were tabulated in the Microsoft Office Excel® 2016 program, checked in full by another
researcher to ensure the correct insertion of the answers and analyzed by the SPSS® software.
Results: The mean score for care transition was 87.4 (±16.1). Factor 1 (Self-Management
Training) had an average score of 82.6 (± 14.8), Factor 2 (Understanding of Medication) 86.6 (±
15.0), Factor 3 (Respected Preferences) 82.0 ( ± 16.7) and Factor 4 (Care Plan) 81.2 (± 18.2).
Conclusion: The quality of the care transition perceived by the patient recovered from COVID-19, or by their caregivers, in the process of hospital discharge to home, was considered high,
evidencing the involvement of the multidisciplinary team in the preparation and guidelines for the
follow-up of care. at home, reducing the rates of readmissions and post-discharge complications.
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