Associations between vaccination and quality of life among Taiwan general population: A comparison between COVID-19 vaccines and flu vaccines
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted lives worldwide and has led to global vaccination against COVID-19. However, there are concerns about the adverse effects of such vaccines on individuals’ health. Therefore, it is important to investigate the association between vaccination and holistic...
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| author | Chung-Ying Lin Chia-Wei Fan Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu Yu Ching Lin Hui-Ching Weng Mark D. Griffiths |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted lives worldwide and has led to global vaccination against COVID-19. However, there are concerns about the adverse effects of such vaccines on individuals’ health. Therefore, it is important to investigate the association between vaccination and holistic health outcome (i.e., quality of life [QoL]). The present study analyzed data from the Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS), a survey conducted utilizing stratified random sampling. More specifically, data (N = 1425; 47.44% males; mean age = 50.58 y) on their vaccinations (including COVID-19 and flu vaccines) and QoL (using the Short-Form 12) were used. Participants were separated into two age subgroups for analyses (those aged below 50 y, and those 50 y or above). For participants aged below 50 y, those who received COVID-19 vaccine and those who received both COVID-19 and flu vaccines had significantly better physical QoL than those who did not receive any vaccination. Mental QoL was not significantly associated with vaccinations for participants aged below 50 y. Moreover, neither mental nor physical QoL was significantly associated with vaccinations for those aged 50 y or above. The present study showed that not having COVID-19 and flu vaccinations is associated with poor QoL. This finding should be disseminated to the public to help aid vaccination promotion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71827964674847d9a80a0fa5fdc4edc42023-09-26T13:19:07ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2022-11-0118510.1080/21645515.2022.20793442079344Associations between vaccination and quality of life among Taiwan general population: A comparison between COVID-19 vaccines and flu vaccinesChung-Ying Lin0Chia-Wei Fan1Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu2Yu Ching Lin3Hui-Ching Weng4Mark D. Griffiths5National Cheng Kung UniversityAdventHealth UniversityThe Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityNational Cheng Kung UniversityNational Cheng Kung UniversityNottingham Trent UniversityThe COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted lives worldwide and has led to global vaccination against COVID-19. However, there are concerns about the adverse effects of such vaccines on individuals’ health. Therefore, it is important to investigate the association between vaccination and holistic health outcome (i.e., quality of life [QoL]). The present study analyzed data from the Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS), a survey conducted utilizing stratified random sampling. More specifically, data (N = 1425; 47.44% males; mean age = 50.58 y) on their vaccinations (including COVID-19 and flu vaccines) and QoL (using the Short-Form 12) were used. Participants were separated into two age subgroups for analyses (those aged below 50 y, and those 50 y or above). For participants aged below 50 y, those who received COVID-19 vaccine and those who received both COVID-19 and flu vaccines had significantly better physical QoL than those who did not receive any vaccination. Mental QoL was not significantly associated with vaccinations for participants aged below 50 y. Moreover, neither mental nor physical QoL was significantly associated with vaccinations for those aged 50 y or above. The present study showed that not having COVID-19 and flu vaccinations is associated with poor QoL. This finding should be disseminated to the public to help aid vaccination promotion.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2079344covid-19fluinfluenzaquality of lifetaiwanvaccine uptake |
| spellingShingle | Chung-Ying Lin Chia-Wei Fan Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu Yu Ching Lin Hui-Ching Weng Mark D. Griffiths Associations between vaccination and quality of life among Taiwan general population: A comparison between COVID-19 vaccines and flu vaccines Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics covid-19 flu influenza quality of life taiwan vaccine uptake |
| title | Associations between vaccination and quality of life among Taiwan general population: A comparison between COVID-19 vaccines and flu vaccines |
| title_full | Associations between vaccination and quality of life among Taiwan general population: A comparison between COVID-19 vaccines and flu vaccines |
| title_fullStr | Associations between vaccination and quality of life among Taiwan general population: A comparison between COVID-19 vaccines and flu vaccines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Associations between vaccination and quality of life among Taiwan general population: A comparison between COVID-19 vaccines and flu vaccines |
| title_short | Associations between vaccination and quality of life among Taiwan general population: A comparison between COVID-19 vaccines and flu vaccines |
| title_sort | associations between vaccination and quality of life among taiwan general population a comparison between covid 19 vaccines and flu vaccines |
| topic | covid-19 flu influenza quality of life taiwan vaccine uptake |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2079344 |
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