Association of reported vaccine-related side effects and consequent time off work with personal characteristics in 1203 immunised healthcare workers
| Side effects | Side effects and time off work | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | PR (95% CI) | Yes | No | PR (95% CI) | |
| PAMs, professions allied to medicine. PR, prevalence ratio. | ||||||
| Information on side effects, age or centre missing for 27 subjects | ||||||
| Prevalence ratio (PR) and CI results are mutually adjusted and adjusted for study centre. | ||||||
| Age (years) | ||||||
| <25 | 20 | 57 | 1.6 (0.9 to 2.6) | 6 | 71 | 2.8 (0.8 to 10.4) |
| 25–34 | 33 | 184 | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.5) | 5 | 212 | 1.0 (0.3 to 3.8) |
| 35–44 | 37 | 298 | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.2) | 5 | 331 | 0.7 (0.2 to 2.7) |
| 45–54 | 37 | 300 | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.3) | 4 | 333 | 0.5 (0.1 to 2.2) |
| >55 | 27 | 183 | 1.0 | 4 | 205 | 1.0 |
| Professional group | ||||||
| Doctors | 27 | 280 | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.7) | 2 | 305 | 0.6 (0.1 to 3.2) |
| Nurses | 64 | 283 | 2.0 (1.2 to 3.3) | 10 | 337 | 1.8 (0.5 to 6.4) |
| PAMs | 41 | 244 | 1.5 (0.9 to 2.5) | 8 | 278 | 1.4 (0.4 to 4.8) |
| Lab staff/others | 20 | 205 | 1.0 | 4 | 220 | 1.0 |
| Smoking | ||||||
| Never smoked | 98 | 641 | 1.0 | 13 | 727 | 1.0 |
| Ex-smoker | 27 | 236 | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.2) | 4 | 259 | 1.0 (0.3 to 3.3) |
| Current smoker | 28 | 131 | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.8) | 7 | 151 | 2.0 (0.8 to 5.0) |