Immunisation anxiety-related reaction

An adverse event following immunisation arising from anxiety about the immunisation (see CIOMS – WHO (9)).

In this definition immunisation means the usage (handling, prescribing and administration) of a vaccine for the purpose of immunising individuals (see CIOMS -WHO (9) ), which in the EU is preferably referred to as vaccination (in the report of CIOMS/WHO Working Group on Vaccine Pharmacovigilance the terms immunisation and vaccination are used interchangeably (9) ).

See also Vaccine pharmacovigilance, Vaccination, Immunisation stress-related response