Adverse effects post vaccination against COVID-19 in adolescents

Abstract

Introduction: immunization against Covid-19 can attract short or long-term effects, these can be mild (headache, pain at the puncture site), moderate (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, fever (>38°), pruritus, lymph node inflamation) or serious (facial paralysis, facial swelling, anaphylaxis, changes in heart rhythm, coagulation disorders, arterial hypertension, transverse myelitis, Guillan Barre syndrome), in the following study will be revealed the effects produced after the application of the vaccine against COVID-19 in adolescents. Objective: to identify the adverse effects after the application of the third dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 in high school students of the Joaquín Lalama Educational Unit. Method: cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, of a cross-sectional non-experimental design with a descriptive correlational scope. The study population are adolescents from 14 to 19 years old, high school students of the Joaquín Lalama Educational Unit. For data collection, the questionnaire called COVID-19 Side effects and vaccination was used. For the processing and analysis of the information, the IBPM SPSS statistical platform will be used, as well as tables for its correct interpretation. Results: after the analysis of the surveys applied to adolescents, it was found that there were no serious adverse effects in a large part of the population, but there were mild adverse effects, data similar to other studies carried out by other authors.