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Individuals have unique needs and preferences, in terms of both communication methods and how the collected information is used to support care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study aims to describe how Symptoms, a system for person-centered self-reporting of symptoms and health-related quality of life, was utilized in investigating COVID-19 vaccine side effects. We illustrate this by presenting data from the Symptoms system in newly vaccinated individuals from the RECOVAC (Register-based large-scale national population study to monitor COVID-19 vaccination effectiveness and safety) study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, newly vaccinated individuals were identified as the ideal population to query for milder symptoms related to COVID-19 vaccinations and infections. To this end, we used posters in observation areas at 150 vaccination sites across the V\u00e4stra G\u00f6taland region of Sweden, inviting newly vaccinated individuals to use a novel digital system, Symptoms. In the Symptoms system, users can track their symptoms, functioning, and quality of life as often as they wish, using evidence-based patient-reported outcome measures and short numeric rating scales. These scales cover a prespecified list of symptoms based on common COVID-19 symptoms and previously reported vaccine side effects. Participants could also use numeric rating scales for self-defined symptoms if their symptom was not included on the prespecified list.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 731 people created user accounts and consented to share data for research between July 21, 2021, and September 27, 2022. The majority of users were female (444\/731, 60.7%), with a median age of 38 (IQR 30-47) years. Most participants (498\/702, 70.9%) did not report any of the comorbidities included in the questionnaire. Of the 731 participants, 563 (77.0%) reported experiencing 1 or more symptoms. The most common symptom was pain at the injection site (486\/563, 86.3%), followed by fatigue (181\/563, 32.1%) and headache (169\/563, 30.0%). In total, 143 unique symptoms were reported. Of these, 29 were from the prespecified list, while the remaining 114 (79.7%) were self-defined entries in the symptom field. This suggests that the flexibility of the self-directed system\u2014allowing individuals to decide which symptoms they consider worth tracking\u2014may be an important feature.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Self-reported symptoms in the Symptoms system appeared to align with previously observed post\u2013COVID-19 vaccination symptoms. The system was relatively easy to use and successfully captured broad, longitudinal data. 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