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ArticleRevista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology2026

Application of the Respondent-Driven Sampling method in an online survey in Brazil: COVID-19 morbidity in the post-pandemic period.

Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza Júnior, Giseli Nogueira Damacena, Euclides Ayres de Castilho, Wanessa da Silva Almeida, Crizian Saar Gomes, Deborah Carvalho Malta, Célia Landmann Szwarcwald

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  1. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health situation of the Brazilian population.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza JúniorFundação Oswaldo Cruz, Institute of Scientific and Technological Communication and Information in Health, Laboratory of Information in Health - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8677-0134
Giseli Nogueira DamacenaFundação Oswaldo Cruz, Institute of Scientific and Technological Communication and Information in Health, Laboratory of Information in Health - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7059-3353
Euclides Ayres de CastilhoUniversidade de São Paulo, School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine - São Paulo (SP), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7352-8784
Wanessa da Silva AlmeidaFundação Oswaldo Cruz, Institute of Scientific and Technological Communication and Information in Health, Laboratory of Information in Health - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5164-8603
Crizian Saar GomesUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, School of Nursing - Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6586-4561
Deborah Carvalho MaltaUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, School of Nursing - Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8214-5734
Célia Landmann SzwarcwaldFundação Oswaldo Cruz, Institute of Scientific and Technological Communication and Information in Health, Laboratory of Information in Health - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7798-2095

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objectiveTo describe the methodological procedures used to collect and analyze data from an online survey carried out from July to December 2023 and to verify whether the obtained sample is representative of the Brazilian population.

methodsA cross-sectional epidemiological study was carried out through social media, using the Respondent-Driven Sampling methodology to collect information from the Brazilian adult population. For sample weighting, a post-stratification procedure was used based on sociodemographic data of the 2022 Continuous National Household Sample Survey (PNADC-2022). Prevalence estimates of chronic noncommunicable diseases, self-rated health, and health behaviors estimated in the ConVid-2 survey were compared with the estimates from the 2019 National Health Survey (PNS-2019).

resultsA total of 3,805 individuals participated in the ConVid-2 survey. When comparing sociodemographic variables from ConVid-2 with those from the PNADC, we verified very similar proportions in both surveys. Regarding chronic noncommunicable diseases, we found discrepancies only in prevalence of asthma and depression in comparison with PNS-2019. As for lifestyle habits, the percentages of current smoking, adequate leisure-time physical activity, and consumption of healthy and unhealthy foods were similar in both surveys. The greatest difference was observed in screen use after the COVID-19 pandemic.

conclusionThe use of the Respondent-Driven Sampling method with the inclusion of recruiter-recruitee pairs enabled us to obtain more reliable estimates. Concerning lifestyle changes and the findings of this study, we highlight the need for actions aimed at promoting healthy behaviors and achieving greater advances in the control of chronic noncommunicable diseases.

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COVID-19Health SurveysAdolescentAdultBrazilChronic DiseaseCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth BehaviorHumansMaleMiddle AgedNoncommunicable DiseasesPrevalenceSampling StudiesYoung Adult

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