Long COVID syndrome has been the subject of study to better understand fatigue as
a recurring complaint with an impact on the quality of life in patients with post-covid
syndrome. This work aimed to evaluate the intensity and frequency of fatigue
symptoms and daily limitations in patients who developed long Covid. A
cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study was carried out at the Tropical
Medicine Center. The Fatigue Assessment Scale (EAF) and clinical epidemiological
questionnaire were applied to identify variables associated with fatigue, the data
were analyzed by main components, the reliability of the scale was also evaluated
using the Cronbach's alpha (α) Reliability test. The comparison of the level of fatigue
and the presence or absence of personal morbid history was analyzed using the
Student's t test, the Fisher's Exact test was used to evaluate the relationship between
independent variables (gender and comorbidities) with the main components with the
greatest weight. . 61 patients were evaluated with a mean age of 55.4 ± 12.2, with a
predominance of females (82%), regarding comorbidities, 80.3% of patients had at
least one comorbidity. The analysis of the main components of the EAF revealed
moderate reliability, with the most important components identified as "Fatigue
bothers me", with 42.3%, and "I get tired quickly", with 13.16%. It was observed that
physical and psychological domains are associated with more intense experiences of
fatigue in long-term COVID-19 syndrome. The presence of comorbidities was not
associated with the intensity of fatigue. It was concluded that Long COVID syndrome
is a clinical challenge, fatigue is a frequent complaint, and may be more frequent in
women, but it was not associated with the comorbidities evaluated, suggesting that
fatigue is the result of mechanisms inherent to virus infection.
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