Experience of Vaccinated Nurses with COVID-19 Vaccination - Does Age Make a Difference - Cross-Sectional Study

Background: The nurses are among the front lines of exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic and have been identified as a priority target group that needs to receive COVID-19 vaccines. However, the evaluation of their experience with COVID-19 Vaccination and the relationship between their experience and their age to receive the vaccine still matters in the prevalence of COVID-19 vaccines especially among nurses due to their experience after receiving the vaccine and their age. So the study was aimed to evaluate the experience of vaccinated nurses with COVID-19 vaccination and find out the relationship between the experience of vaccinated nurses with COVID-19 vaccination and their age. Design: A cross-sectional descriptive research design. Setting: The study was applied in Al Salam International Hospital and Al Mabarrah Hospital in Port Said city. Subjects: This study was covered all vaccinated nurses (96) working in an intensive care unit (ICU), an emergency care department, female and male internal medicine, surgery departments, orthopedic surgery, oncology surgery department, Selathemia blood diseases department, Theater Room, blood bank department in Al Salam International Hospital and Al Mabarrah Hospital. The data was collected using 1 tool; the “Structured questionnaire sheet” which is consisted of 42 questions related to socio-demographic characteristics, and experience of vaccinated nurses with COVID-19 vaccination after the first dose. Results: This study indicated that there is not any statistically significant relationship between nurses’ age and nurses’ experiences with COVID-19 vaccination after the first dose of vaccination concerning side effects affected on general health status, symptoms or side effects at site injection of vaccination, and self-care regarding relieving symptoms or side effects resulted from vaccination except in one item related to nurses’ feeling of redness at the injection site where P-value less than 0.05. Conclusion: It can be concluded from the results of the present study that there are side effects after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine which can be controlled by self-care without going to the physician. There is a minor negative impact on general health status after receiving the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination, but it is not serious adverse events and there is no relationship between nurses’ experience and their age. Recommendations: Evaluation of impact of second dose of COVID-19 vaccines on the nurses’ health status, and development and implementation of continuous evaluation concerning vaccinated nurses and physicians in all hospitals after the second dose at Port Said City.