Perceptions and experiences of COVID-19 vaccines’ side effects among healthcare workers at an Egyptian University Hospital: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Distribution of studied health care workers by type of vaccine

Variables	AstraZeneca		Sinopharm		Sinovac		Total		χ²	p
Variables	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ²	p
Age in years
20	258	45.4	154	27.1	156	27.5	568	100	72.624	< 0.001
30	39	18.2	111	51.9	64	29.9	214	100
40	86	34.4	94	37.6	70	28.0	250	100
50	62	31.6	94	48.0	40	20.4	196	100
60	5	27.8	8	44.4	5	27.8	18	100
Range	20–63		20–63		20–63		20–63
Mean ± SD	34.4 ± 11.45		37.8 ± 11.83		35.0 ± 11.31		35.80 ± 11.65
Sex
Males	147	52.7	76	27.2	56	20.1	279	100	42.800	< 0.001
Females	303	31.3	385	39.8	279	28.9	967	100	42.800	< 0.001
Job
Physicians	271	46.6	163	28.1	147	25.3	581	100	65.378	< 0.001
Nurses	146	26.0	256	45.6	160	28.5	562	100
Technicians	24	34.3	32	45.7	14	20.0	70	100
Others	9	27.3	10	30.3	14	42.4	33	100
Smoking
Non-smokers	444	36.7	437	36.1	329	27.2	1210	100	14.142	0.001
Smokers	6	16.7	24	66.7	6	16.7	36	100	14.142	0.001
Doses
One	103	27.9	145	39.3	121	32.8	369	100	14.314	< 0.001
Two	347	39.6	316	36.0	214	24.4	877	100	14.314
Diabetes
Negative	439	36.3	446	36.9	323	26.7	1208	100	0.944	0.624
Positive	11	28.9	15	39.5	12	31.6	38	100	0.944	0.624
Hypertension
Negative	435	36.5	437	36.7	320	26.8	1192	100	1.949	0.377
Positive	15	27.8	24	44.4	15	27.8	54	100	1.949	0.377
Allergy
Negative	440	36.3	448	37.0	324	26.7	1212	100	0.838	0.658
Positive	10	29.4	13	38.2	11	32.4	34	100	0.838	0.658
Previous COVID-19 infection
None	295	37.0	288	36.1	215	26.9	798	100
Confirmed	155	34.6	173	38.6	120	26.8	448	100	0.943	0.624
Total	450	36.1	461	37.0	335	26.7	1246	100

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