The impact of COVID-19 vaccine reactions on secondary vaccine hesitancy

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BACKGROUND: Primary and booster vaccinations are critical for mitigating COVID-19 transmission, morbidity, and mortality. Future booster vaccine campaigns rely on an increased understanding of vaccine hesitancy.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate self-reported allergic and skin vaccine reactions as factors potentially associated with vaccine hesitancy in a nationwide vaccine allergy registry.

METHODS: Responses to survey questions concerning COVID-19 vaccine perceptions, coded from free text by 2 independent reviewers. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to determine the association between changed negative perception and respondent demographics, vaccination history, and reaction characteristics.

RESULTS: A total of 993 individuals (median of 46 years [IQR, 36-59], 88% female, 82% White) self-reported reactions to COVID-19 vaccination. Reactions included the following: delayed large local skin reaction (40%), hives/urticaria (32%), immediate large local skin reaction (3%), swelling (3%), anaphylaxis (2%), and other or unspecified (20%). Most respondents were initially unconcerned about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines (56%). After reactions, 401 of 993 (40%) report negative change in perception of vaccination, with more than half of these respondents (n = 211, 53%) citing their reasoning as a negative experience with adverse effects. Of 102 individuals asked about future vaccination, 79 (77%) indicated that they were unlikely or very unlikely to receive future COVID-19 vaccinations. Increased negative perception after reaction was associated with younger age, later COVID-19 vaccination dose number, and reaction type.

CONCLUSION: Our findings reveal that an individual's experience with allergic or cutaneous adverse effects after COVID-19 vaccination affects attitudes and decision-making regarding future vaccination, even in initially non-hesitant individuals. Further investigation of secondary vaccine hesitancy is necessary for adapting public health messaging to this important population.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology - (2024) vom: 16. Jan.

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Englisch

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Freeman, Esther E [VerfasserIn]
Strahan, Alexis G [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Liam R [VerfasserIn]
Judd, Allen D [VerfasserIn]
Samarakoon, Upeka [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Geoffrey [VerfasserIn]
King, Andrew J [VerfasserIn]
Blumenthal, Kimberly G [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 10.02.2024

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10.1016/j.anai.2024.01.009

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