Table 3 Vaccine data of the study ARD patients who received COVID-19 vaccine (n = 179)
Variables mean ± SD or n (%) | Total (n = 179) | Booster dose acceptant group (n = 78) | Booster dose hesitant group (n = 25) | Booster dose resistant group (n = 76) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Did you take the COVID-19 vaccine because you were convicted, or because you were forced to by state laws? | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 I took it out of conviction  I took it out of conviction and because of the laws  I took it because of the imposed laws, not because I believe in it | 103 (57.5) 32 (17.9) 44 (24.6) | 64 (82.1) 9 (11.5) 5 (6.4) | 10 (40.0) 9 (36.0) 6 (24.0) | 29 (38.2) 14 (18.4) 33 (43.4) |  < 0.001* |
Received COVID-19 vaccine | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 One dose  Two doses  Booster dose | 14 (7.8) 143 (79.9) 22 (12.3) | 2 (2.6) 64 (82.1) 12 (15.4) | 1 (4) 19 (76) 5 (20) | 11 (14.5) 60 (78.9) 5 (6.6) | 0.022* |
Brand of COVID-19 vaccine | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Pfizer  Moderna  Sinopharm  Sinovac  AstraZeneca  Not sure | 37 (20.7) 3 (1.7) 52 (29.1) 18 (10.1) 32 (17.9) 37 (20.7) | 11 (14.1) 1 (1.3) 25 (32.1) 6 (7.7) 17 (21.8) 18 (23.1) | 12 (48) 1 (4) 6 (24) 4 (16) 0 2 (8) | 14 (18.4) 1 (1.3) 21 (27.6) 8 (10.5) 15 (19.7) 17 (22.4) | 0.02* |
Side effects experienced | 135 (75.4) | 53 (67.9) | 20 (80) | 62 (81.6) | 0.123 |
 Mild  Moderate  Severe | 91 (50.8) 20 (11.2) 24 (13.4) | 40 (51.3) 7 (9.0) 6 (7.7) | 14 (56) 2 (8) 4 (16) | 37 (48.7) 11 (14.5) 14 (18.4) | 0.230 |
Reported side effects | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Headache  Hyperthermia  Pain at site of injection  Muscle pain  Weakness  Spasm  Nausea  Rash  Chills | 65 (36.3) 104 (58.1) 112 (62.6) 80 (44.7) 38 (21.2) 5 (2.8) 17 (9.5) 4 (2.2) 24 (13.4) | 24 (30.8) 42 (53.8) 49 (62.8) 25 (32.1) 9 (11.5) 3 (3.8) 4 (5.1) 0 3 (3.8) | 10 (40) 13 (52) 18 (72) 15 (60) 10 (40) 0 7 (28) 2 (8) 7 (28) | 31 (40.8) 49 (64.5) 45 (59.2) 40 (52.6) 19 (25.0) 2 (2.6) 6 (7.9) 2 (2.6) 14 (18.4) | 0.398 0.328 0.517 0.009* 0.006* 0.593 0.003* 0.060 0.002* |