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April 2023 - Volume 21, Issue 3
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April 2023- Volume 21, Issue 3

Post COVID 19 vaccination symptoms among the health care workers in Egypt

Hala A. Hussein1, Radwa M. Elsayed2, Eman I. Elmeshmeshy3, Eman M. Abd el-Sattar4, Rehab Mohamed Sabry 5

(1) Lecturer of Family Medicine, Department of Family medicine – Kasr al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Orchid number: 0000-0001-6357-7892
(2) Lecturer of Family Medicine, Department of Family medicine -Kasr al Ainy , Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Orchid number: 0000-0002-3219-3703
Eman Ibrahim Elmeshmeshy
(3) Lecturer of Family Medicine, Department of Family medicine -Kasr al Ainy, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Orchid number: 0000-0003-4838-1060 (4) Lecturer of Family Medicine, Department of Family medicine , Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig university, Zagazig , Egypt
(5) Lecturer of Family Medicine, Department of Family medicine -Kasr al Ainy , Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0991-8032

Corresponding author
Hala Ahmed
Lecturer of Family Medicine, Kasr al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University,
Cairo, Egypt.
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Email: hala.hussein@cu.edu.eg
ORCID: 0000-0001-6357-7892

Received: February 2023 Accepted: March 2023; Published: April 1, 2023. Citation: Hala A. Hussein et al.. Post COVID 19 vaccination symptoms among the health care workers in Egypt. World Family Medicine. March 2023; 21(3): 42-49 DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2023.95256071

Abstract

Background: Vaccines are the most important strategy to overcome the global pandemic of COVID 19. Although the vaccine’s protective effectiveness is commonly addressed, little is known regarding the adverse effects after vaccination. Therefore, this study’s primary objective was to study the prevalence of different COVID-19 vaccine side effects among the early vaccinated healthcare workers in Egypt.

Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was done to assess the post vaccination symptoms among the health care workers who were vaccinated with COVID vaccine in Egypt.

Results: One hundred and ninety-two health care workers (HCWs) responded to this questionnaire. The most common symptoms reported after the 1st dose of vaccination were pain at injection site (81.7%), followed by tiredness (70.7%) then myalgia and bone pain (62.8%). The most reported distressing symptoms after the 2nd dose were local pain at injection site (18.8%), tiredness (13.6%) and headache (10.5%).

Conclusion: We concluded that post vaccination symptoms among health care workers were mild, short symptoms, and there were no serious adverse effects after the first dose as well as the second dose. The majority of participants did not report COVID-19 infection after vaccination which confirms the efficacy and safety of the vaccine.

Key words: Covid vaccine, healthcare workers, Egypt

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