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Side Effects Reported by Jordanian Healthcare Workers Who Received COVID-19 Vaccines

Background Distribution of COVID-19 vaccines has been surrounded by suspicions and rumors making it necessary to provide the public with accurate reports from trustworthy experts such as healthcare professionals. Methods We distributed a questionnaire in Jordan among physicians, dentists and nurses...

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Autores principales: Abu-Hammad, Osama, Alduraidi, Hamza, Abu-Hammad, Shaden, Alnazzawi, Ahmed, Babkair, Hamzah, Abu-Hammad, Abdalla, Nourwali, Ibrahim, Qasem, Farah, Dar-Odeh, Najla
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8228820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34205917
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9060577
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author Abu-Hammad, Osama
Alduraidi, Hamza
Abu-Hammad, Shaden
Alnazzawi, Ahmed
Babkair, Hamzah
Abu-Hammad, Abdalla
Nourwali, Ibrahim
Qasem, Farah
Dar-Odeh, Najla
author_facet Abu-Hammad, Osama
Alduraidi, Hamza
Abu-Hammad, Shaden
Alnazzawi, Ahmed
Babkair, Hamzah
Abu-Hammad, Abdalla
Nourwali, Ibrahim
Qasem, Farah
Dar-Odeh, Najla
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description Background Distribution of COVID-19 vaccines has been surrounded by suspicions and rumors making it necessary to provide the public with accurate reports from trustworthy experts such as healthcare professionals. Methods We distributed a questionnaire in Jordan among physicians, dentists and nurses who received a COVID-19 vaccine to explore the side effects (SE) they encountered after the first or the second dose of one of three vaccines namely: AstraZeneca Vaxzevria (AZ), Pfizer-BioNTeck (PB), and SinoPharm (SP) vaccines. Results A total of 409 professionals participated. Approximately 18% and 31% of participants reported no SE after the first dose and second dose, respectively. The remainder had mostly local side effects related to injection site (74%). Systemic side effects in the form of fatigue (52%), myalgia (44%), headache (42%), and fever (35%) prevailed mainly after the first dose. These were significantly associated with AZ vaccine, and age ≤ 45 years (p = 0.000 and 0.01, respectively). No serious SE were reported. Conclusions We can conclude that SE of COVID-19 vaccines distributed in Jordan are within the common range known so far for these vaccines. Further studies are needed to include larger sample size and longer follow-up period to monitor possible serious and long-term SE of the vaccines.
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spelling pubmed-82288202021-06-26 Side Effects Reported by Jordanian Healthcare Workers Who Received COVID-19 Vaccines Abu-Hammad, Osama Alduraidi, Hamza Abu-Hammad, Shaden Alnazzawi, Ahmed Babkair, Hamzah Abu-Hammad, Abdalla Nourwali, Ibrahim Qasem, Farah Dar-Odeh, Najla Vaccines (Basel) Article Background Distribution of COVID-19 vaccines has been surrounded by suspicions and rumors making it necessary to provide the public with accurate reports from trustworthy experts such as healthcare professionals. Methods We distributed a questionnaire in Jordan among physicians, dentists and nurses who received a COVID-19 vaccine to explore the side effects (SE) they encountered after the first or the second dose of one of three vaccines namely: AstraZeneca Vaxzevria (AZ), Pfizer-BioNTeck (PB), and SinoPharm (SP) vaccines. Results A total of 409 professionals participated. Approximately 18% and 31% of participants reported no SE after the first dose and second dose, respectively. The remainder had mostly local side effects related to injection site (74%). Systemic side effects in the form of fatigue (52%), myalgia (44%), headache (42%), and fever (35%) prevailed mainly after the first dose. These were significantly associated with AZ vaccine, and age ≤ 45 years (p = 0.000 and 0.01, respectively). No serious SE were reported. Conclusions We can conclude that SE of COVID-19 vaccines distributed in Jordan are within the common range known so far for these vaccines. Further studies are needed to include larger sample size and longer follow-up period to monitor possible serious and long-term SE of the vaccines. MDPI 2021-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8228820/ /pubmed/34205917 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9060577 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Nourwali, Ibrahim
Qasem, Farah
Dar-Odeh, Najla
Side Effects Reported by Jordanian Healthcare Workers Who Received COVID-19 Vaccines
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8228820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34205917
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9060577
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