Medical Science
Volume 26, Issue 126, August 2022
Post COVID-19 vaccination side effects among Mutah University's students, Jordan
Saddam I Abuqudairi1♦, Dia H Mobaideen1, Miran A Albatayneh1, Dea'a Al-hjouj2, Abdallah Daradkeh3, Tareq Abualnadi3, Hussein Youssef4, Saed M Aldalaen5, Youssef Hussein6,7
1Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mutah
University, Jordan
2Department of Special Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Mutah University,
Jordan
3Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Mutah University, Jordan
4Medical student, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt
5Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Mutah University,
Jordan
6Department of anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of
Medicine, Mutah University, Jordan
7Department of anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig
University, Egypt
♦Corresponding author
Department of Internal Medicine, faculty of medicine, Mutah University,
Jordan
ABSTRACT
Background: A number of vaccines were introduced to fight the COVID-19 pandemic; however, questions have been raised about their safety. Aims: The objective of this study was to assess the adverse effects that students at Mutah University who received various COVID-19 vaccines reported experiencing. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey employing a well-designed questionnaire was undertaken to look for any side effects that university students might have experienced after receiving a single or double dose of several COVID-19 vaccines. Results: The study sample consisted of 416 university students, of whom 61 percent were women and around 38 percent had COVID-19. In addition, 70.9 percent of research participants received the Pfizer vaccine, 28.1 percent got the Sinopharm vaccine, and just 0.7 percent and 0. 2 percent, respectively, selected the AstraZeneca vaccine and the Moderna vaccine. Localized discomfort following injection (reported by 75% of participants), fatigue (reported by 56.6%), headache (reported by 52.4%), myalgia (reported by 49%), fever (reported by 43%), chills (reported by 37.3%), and arthralgia (37.3 percent) were the most common adverse effects. Conclusion: Majority of short –term side effects of COVID-19 vaccines are mild. Nonetheless, additional studies are required for evaluating their long-term side effects.
Keywords: COVID19, Vaccines, side effects, SARS-CoV-19, pandemic, virus
Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms348e2317
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i126/ms348e2317
Published: 27 August 2022
