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We aimed to describe access to care for COVID-19-related reasons during the first 9 weeks of the pandemic in Portugal, to quantify the frequency of remote and in-person contacts with healthcare for COVID-19-related reasons and to assess the association between individual and context characteristics and contacts with health services.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We conducted an internet-based open cohort study with a non-probabilistic sample of 12\u2009006 persons aged 16 years or more. One questionnaire was sent daily from 23 March 2020 for 9 weeks.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>General practitioners (GPs) were the main points of contact of patients with health services for COVID-19-related reasons. In our population, the main drivers found for any difference in the probability of contact with health services for COVID-19-related reasons were perceived high-risk contacts, followed by the existence of COVID-19 main symptoms. There were 17% more (0.17, 95% CI 0.15 to 0.18) contacts with health services among participants who reported personal contact with a confirmed case, 7% more (0.07, 95%CI 0.06 to 0.07) contacts if the contact had been with a suspected case and 6% more (0.06, 95%CI 0.05 to 0.07) contacts among participants who reported COVID-19 main symptoms in the previous 24 hours. Sociodemographic and household factors were not associated with major differences in healthcare contacts. The probability of contact with any health service for COVID-19-related reasons was highest at the beginning of the pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Most contacts with health services for COVID-19-related reasons during the first wave of the pandemic were with GPs, highlighting the role of first-contact care with these clinicians in Portuguese Primary Care, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sociodemographic and household factors were not associated with major risk differences, suggesting that universal coverage and equity worked in our study sample at this pandemic stage.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjph-2024-000979","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,17]],"date-time":"2024-08-17T04:10:20Z","timestamp":1723867820000},"page":"e000979","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Contacts with health services for COVID-19-related reasons during the first wave of the pandemic in Portugal: a longitudinal study"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"2","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7478-5320","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"M\u00f3nica","family":"Granja","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"EPIUnit e Instituto de Sa\u00fade P\u00fablica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Laborat\u00f3rio para a Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o Integrativa e Translacional em Sa\u00fade Populacional (ITR), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Daniela","family":"Correia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"EPIUnit e Instituto de Sa\u00fade P\u00fablica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Laborat\u00f3rio para a Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o Integrativa e Translacional em Sa\u00fade Populacional (ITR), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Lu\u00eds","family":"Alves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"EPIUnit e Instituto de Sa\u00fade P\u00fablica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Laborat\u00f3rio para a Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o Integrativa e Translacional em Sa\u00fade Populacional (ITR), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Milton","family":"Severo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"EPIUnit e Instituto de Sa\u00fade P\u00fablica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Laborat\u00f3rio para a Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o Integrativa e Translacional em Sa\u00fade Populacional (ITR), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Raquel","family":"Lucas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"EPIUnit e Instituto de Sa\u00fade P\u00fablica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Laborat\u00f3rio para a Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o Integrativa e Translacional em Sa\u00fade Populacional (ITR), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Sofia","family":"Correia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"EPIUnit e Instituto de Sa\u00fade P\u00fablica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Laborat\u00f3rio para a Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o Integrativa e Translacional em Sa\u00fade Populacional (ITR), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025083110403462000_2.2.e000979.1","unstructured":"World Health Organization . 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