Table 7.
The onset, duration, and management of COVID-19 vaccine side-effects reported among the healthcare workers participated in the study (n = 250).
| Onset and Duration of Side-Effects | Male (n = 90) |
Female (n = 160) |
Total (n = 250) |
χ2 (p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onset | 0.172 (0.918) | |||
| Day 0 | 84 (93.3) | 150 (93.8) | 234 (93.6) | |
| Day 1 | 5 (5.6) | 9 (5.6) | 14 (5.6) | |
| Day 2 | 1 (1.1) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (0.8) | |
| Duration of symptoms | 5.196 (0.268) | |||
| One day | 8 (8.9) | 20 (12.5) | 28 (11.2) | |
| 2–3 days | 46 (51.1) | 87 (54.4) | 133 (53.2) | |
| 4–5 days | 30 (33.3) | 35 (21.9) | 65 (26.0) | |
| 6–7 days | 4 (4.4) | 14 (8.8) | 18 (7.2) | |
| More than 7 days | 2 (2.2) | 4 (2.5) | 6 (2.4) | |
| Medication taken for side-effects | 62 (68.9) | 104 (65.0) | 166 (66.4) | 0.390 (0.532) |
| Doctor’s visit due to side-effects | 10 (11.1) | 21 (13.1) | 31 (12.4) | 0.215 (0.643) |
| Hospitalization due to side-effects | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.4) | 0.565 (0.641) † |
χ2, chi-square test statistic; † Fisher’s exact test statistic.