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<Articles JournalTitle="Immunology and Genetics Journal">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Immunology and Genetics Journal</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2645-4831</Issn>
      <Volume>7</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2024</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>22</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Evaluation of the frequency and severity of complications of COVID-19 vaccines in the medical staff</title>
    <FirstPage>188</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>192</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Aghil</FirstName>
        <LastName>Miri</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Gholamreza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Soleimani</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Children and Adolescents Health Research Center, Research Institute of Cellular and Molecular Science in Infectious Diseases, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Ali</FirstName>
        <LastName>Masoumpoor</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Saeedeh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sarhadi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>12</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>12</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background: There are few reports related to the possible side effects of injected vaccines, and evaluating the frequency and severity of the complications of COVID-19 vaccines can increase the knowledge, safety and importance of vaccines and reduce mistrust towards them. Therefore, we assessed the frequency and severity of the complications of COVID-19 vaccines in the medical staff of Khatam Al-Anbia and Ali Ibn Abi Talib hospitals in Zahedan.
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Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 200 medical staff working in two hospitals, Khatam Al Anbia and Ali Bin Abitalib Zahedan were studied. The frequency of side effects after COVID-19 vaccination was recorded in the questionnaire.
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Results: The distribution of the frequency of the type of vaccine received in the studied treatment group is equal to 83 people (41.5%) AstraZeneca vaccine, 82 people (41%) Sinopharm vaccine, 22 people (11%) Sputnik vaccine and 13 people (6.5 %) had received Barekat vaccine. The frequency distribution of side effects in the first dose and the second dose after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine was equal to 135 people (67.5%) and 96 people (48%), respectively. Distribution of the percentage of the type of side effect that occurred after receiving the first dose of COVID-19, according to fever (80.7%), headache (46.7%), weakness (40%), disorder Sleep (33.3%), myalgia (n19.2%), sweating (10.3%), dizziness (9.6%), tachycardia (18.8%), sore throat (6.7%), chest pain (5.2%), arthralgia (5.2%), rhinorrhea (3.7%), diarrhea (2.9%) and loss of appetite (2.9%).
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Conclusions: It can be stated that the COVID-19 vaccine did not show severe side effects and with timely management and supportive treatment and control of side effects, patients were encouraged to get vaccinated and as a result, the collective immunity level of the society improved.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://igj.tums.ac.ir/index.php/igj/article/view/175</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://igj.tums.ac.ir/index.php/igj/article/download/175/155</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
