PMID- 35429291
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220524
LR  - 20220716
IS  - 1437-160X (Electronic)
IS  - 0172-8172 (Print)
IS  - 0172-8172 (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 6
DP  - 2022 Jun
TI  - Rheumatologists' knowledge and perception of COVID-19 and related vaccines: the 
      vaXurvey2 online survey.
PG  - 989-998
LID - 10.1007/s00296-022-05130-3 [doi]
AB  - The study aimed to explore the experience of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) 
      infection and vaccine adverse events (AEs) among rheumatologists. A validated 
      questionnaire was distributed as a Google form to rheumatologists across the 
      country via social networking sites from late December 2021 till early January 
      2022. The questionnaire included questions regarding participants' 
      socio-demographic details, COVID-19 infection and vaccination details with 
      special emphasis on AEs. Out of 246 responses, 228 were valid. 200 (81.3%) 
      responders had received the vaccine. The mean age of the 228 participants was 
      37.9 +/- 8.5 years, 196 were females and 32 males (F:M 6.1:1) from 18 governorates 
      across the country. Comorbidities were present in 54 subjects (27%). There was a 
      history of highly suspicious or confirmed COVID-19 infection in 66.7% that were 
      all managed at home. The COVID-19 vaccine was received by 200 and a booster dose 
      of 18.5%. Obesity and musculoskeletal involvement co-morbidities were present 
      only in those with AEs (9.1% and 5.5% respectively). AEs were present in 82%; 
      66.7% had injection-site tenderness, 50% fatigue, 35.5% fever, 15% chills, 42.5% 
      myalgia, 14.5% arthralgia, 8% low back pain, headache 31%, dizziness 10%, 
      sleepliness 16% and 15% developed post-vaccine. There were no differences 
      according to the geolocation regarding the occurrence of COVID-19 infection (p = 
      0.19) or AEs post-vaccine (p = 0.58). The adverse events were mostly mild to 
      moderate and tolerable which makes this work in agreement with other studies that 
      support the broad safety of the vaccine in favor of the global benefit from mass 
      vaccination.
CI  - (c) 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, 
      part of Springer Nature.
FAU - Fathi, Hanan M
AU  - Fathi HM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1964-305X
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt. 
      h.fathi@yahoo.com.
FAU - Gazzar, Iman I El
AU  - Gazzar IIE
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9493-890X
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - Elazeem, Mervat I Abd
AU  - Elazeem MIA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7164-0652
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, 
      Egypt.
FAU - AboulKheir, Enas
AU  - AboulKheir E
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2659-0825
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, 
      Egypt.
FAU - Gamal, Nada M
AU  - Gamal NM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9340-0024
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt.
FAU - Ismail, Faten
AU  - Ismail F
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1714-111X
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.
FAU - Shereef, Rawhya R El
AU  - Shereef RRE
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1071-6358
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.
FAU - Tharwat, Samar
AU  - Tharwat S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9892-2449
AD  - Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Mansoura 
      University, Mansoura, Egypt.
FAU - Elwan, Shereen
AU  - Elwan S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9477-9200
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
FAU - Samy, Nermeen
AU  - Samy N
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3291-1103
AD  - Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Ain Shams 
      University, Ain Shams, Egypt.
FAU - Baki, Noha Abdel
AU  - Baki NA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1012-259X
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - Elsaid, Nora Y
AU  - Elsaid NY
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9432-2403
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - El-Bahnasawy, Amany S
AU  - El-Bahnasawy AS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5804-774X
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 
      Egypt.
FAU - Moshrif, Abdelhfeez
AU  - Moshrif A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7291-3616
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt.
FAU - Fattah, Yousra Abdel
AU  - Fattah YA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5692-3483
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 
      Egypt.
FAU - Amer, Marwa A
AU  - Amer MA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0967-5747
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 
      Egypt.
FAU - Ibrahim, Maha E
AU  - Ibrahim ME
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2577-1111
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 
      Egypt.
FAU - Khalil, Noha M
AU  - Khalil NM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6414-0166
AD  - Internal Medicine Department, Rheumatology and Immunology Unit, Faculty of 
      Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - El-Dessouki, Soha
AU  - El-Dessouki S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6866-7862
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Ain Shams, 
      Egypt.
FAU - Abaza, Nouran
AU  - Abaza N
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1552-9444
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Ain Shams, 
      Egypt.
FAU - El-Shanawany, Amira T
AU  - El-Shanawany AT
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8881-7290
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, 
      Egypt.
FAU - Mohamed, Eman F
AU  - Mohamed EF
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6442-9963
AD  - Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Azhar 
      University, Ain Shams, Egypt.
FAU - El-Ghobashy, Nehal
AU  - El-Ghobashy N
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3275-7190
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - Ayoub, Neveen
AU  - Ayoub N
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5475-2644
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Berket Elsabaa Hospital, Ministry of Health, Menoufia, 
      Egypt.
FAU - Hammam, Othman
AU  - Hammam O
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5195-5136
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Assiut University Student Hospital, Assiut, Egypt.
FAU - Fawzy, Samar
AU  - Fawzy S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9314-3005
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - Sayed, Safaa
AU  - Sayed S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4571-6638
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - Gheita, Tamer A
AU  - Gheita TA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1155-9729
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
FAU - Hammam, Nevin
AU  - Hammam N
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7754-5581
AD  - Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt.
CN  - Egyptian College of Rheumatology (ECR) COVID-19 Study Group
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220416
PL  - Germany
TA  - Rheumatol Int
JT  - Rheumatology international
JID - 8206885
RN  - 0 (COVID-19 Vaccines)
RN  - 0 (Vaccines)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *COVID-19/epidemiology/prevention & control
MH  - COVID-19 Vaccines/adverse effects
MH  - Clinical Competence
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Perception
MH  - Rheumatologists
MH  - SARS-CoV-2
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - *Vaccines
PMC - PMC9012992
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Adverse effects
OT  - COVID-19
OT  - Infection
OT  - Rheumatologists
OT  - Vaccine
OT  - World pandemic
COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2022/04/17 06:00
MHDA- 2022/05/25 06:00
PMCR- 2022/04/16
CRDT- 2022/04/16 12:02
PHST- 2022/03/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/03/29 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/04/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/05/25 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/04/16 12:02 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/04/16 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1007/s00296-022-05130-3 [pii]
AID - 5130 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s00296-022-05130-3 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rheumatol Int. 2022 Jun;42(6):989-998. doi: 10.1007/s00296-022-05130-3. Epub 2022 
      Apr 16.