Post COVID-19 1 st Dose Vaccination Common Symptoms among SE Asia College Students

  1. Natasya O. Yostyadiananda
  2. Gabriella R.A. Gunawan
  3. Andri Wibowo

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Abstract

In the second year of the COVID-19 epidemic in the Southeast Asia (SE) regions, there is a plan to reopen the school, including the campus. Among students in Indonesia, college students have a population of almost 8.3 million. Considering the massive numbers of college students, school reopening should be supported by adequate COVID-19 vaccination. As a result, the first dose of the inactivated virus COVID-19 vaccine has been administered, including to college students aged over 18 years old. While COVID-19 vaccination is widely available, there is still a scarcity of information on post-vaccination symptoms. As reported from other locations, post vaccination has been reported. Then, this study aims to assess the common symptoms of COVID-19 1 st dose vaccinations among the following groups: gender (male and female college students), age, body weight, and height. The observed symptoms include sore arms, fatigue, headache, fever with a body temperature above 38 °C, nausea, shivering, and muscle joint pain. Participants in this study were students at the university. They were considered eligible for this study if they were currently enrolled at university, were at least 19 years of age, and provided informed consent. The data was recorded using a standardized online questionnaire. The answers were collected in an online database. At the beginning of the questionnaire, subjects or students were informed that data would be collected anonymously. Based on the results, the symptoms were different between female and male students. In fact, female students have experienced more symptoms than male students. While male students only suffered sore arms (68%) followed by headache symptoms (32%). Similar to male students, sore arms are the most common symptom observed among female students. Among female students, from the most to the least common symptoms observed from 20 years of age in this study are sore arms at site reaction > headache > fatigue > fever > muscle joint pain > shivering > nausea. A higher risk of presenting fatigue and headache symptoms was found in those with a non-overweight status with weight ranges of 50-60 kg.

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    EthicsConsent: Students were eligible if they were currently enrolled at university, were at least 19 years of age, and provided informed consent. 2.2. Procedure: The data related to demography, COVID-19 vaccination, and related symptoms and variables were recorded using a standardized online questionnaire.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.

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