COVID-19 vaccination acceptance, safety and side-effects in European patients with severe asthma.
Apostolos BossiosAlison M BaconKatrien EgerDóra ParóczaiFlorence SchleichShane HanonSvetlana SergejevaEleftherios ZervasKonstantinos KatsoulisChristina AggelopoulouKonstantinos KostikasEleni GakiNikoletta RovinaZsuzsanna CsomaIneta GrisleKristina BieksienéJolita PalacionyteAnneke Ten BrinkeSimone HashimotoFlorin MihălţanNatalia NenashevaBiljana ZvezdinIvan ČekerevacSanja HromisVojislav ĆupurdijaZorica LazicRekha ChaudhuriSteven James SmithHitasha RupaniHans Michael HaitchiRamesh KurukulaaratchyOlivia FultonBetty FrankemöllePeter J HowarthCeleste PorsbjergElisabeth H BelRatko DjukanovicMichael E HylandPublished in: ERJ open research (2023)
Uptake of vaccination in patients with severe asthma in Europe was high, with a small minority refusing vaccination. Beliefs predicted vaccination behaviour and side-effects. Vaccination had little impact on asthma control. Our findings in people with severe asthma support the broad message that COVID-19 vaccination is safe and well tolerated.