Fig. 4

Representation of the perceptions of participants on their symptom’s evolution during time. F = female; M = men. Percentages refers to the frequency of each graphic in each sex. A Symptoms were very intense at first 3–4 weeks and progressively decrease.; B Symptoms increase their intensity for the first 3–4 weeks and haven’t decrease its intensity.; C Symptoms have maintained same intensity from the beginning since nowadays; D Symptoms were of high intensity for the first 3–4 weeks and then persist, intensifying, in a cyclical way, without disappearing completely; E Symptoms were of high intensity for the first 3–4 weeks and after that, decreased their intensity fluctuating, until they disappear; F Symptoms intensity don’t follow any pattern that I can identify; G No graphic represents my perception of my symptom’s evolution over time