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. 2020 Apr 29;16(11):2628–2633. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1741312

Table 1.

Grading of solicited adverse events

  Grading
  0 1 2 3
Injection site events
Pain None Mild: Any pain neither interfering with nor preventing normal every day activities Moderate: Painful when limb was moved and interfered with every day activities. Severe: Significant pain at rest. Prevented normal every day activities.
Redness (diameter)  
  <20 mm 20–50 mm >50–100 mm >100 mm
Swelling (diameter)  
Fatigue  
General events
GI symptoms        
Headache None Mild: Event that was easily tolerated Moderate: Event that interfered with normal activity Severe: Event that prevented normal activity
Myalgia        
Shivering        
Fever (body temperature) <37.5°C 37.5–38.0°C 38.1–39.0°C >39.0°C

GI, gastrointestinal (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and/or abdominal pain)