Celia Landmann Szwarcwald, Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza Júnior, Giseli Nogueira Damacena, Deborah Carvalho Malta, Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros, Dalia Elena Romero, Wanessa da Silva de Almeida, Luiz Otávio Azevedo, Ísis Eloah Machado, Margareth Guimarães Lima, André Oliveira Werneck, Danilo Rodrigues Pereira da Silva, Crizian Saar Gomes, Arthur Pate de Souza Ferreira, Renata Gracie, Maria de Fátima de Pina
The ConVid - Behavior Survey was conducted in Brazil from April 24 to May 24, 2020, aiming to investigate changes in lifestyles and health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, we present the conception and methodology of the research. We used a cross-sectional study using an Internet questionnaire, with questions validated in previous health surveys. The sampling method "virtual snowball" was used, as well as post-stratification procedures. The results related to chronic non-communicable diseases and pre-pandemic lifestyles were compared with estimates from the 2013 Brazilian National Health Survey and 2019 Surveillance of Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey...
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