Jurnal Respirologi Indonesia
Vol 46 No 1 (2026)

COVID-19 Vaccination and Admission Severity: Clinician-Rated WHO Severity and AI-Classified Lung Involvement on Chest X-Ray in a 2022 Indonesian Hospital Cohort

Amalia Nanda Mutia (Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh)
Budi Yanti (Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh)
Teuku Muhammad Yus (Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh)
Teuku Geumpana (Department of Information and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Science, and Environment, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Jun 2026

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 remains a global public health concern. Differences in disease severity and hospitalization have been observed between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. This study aimed to evaluate COVID-19 vaccination status and clinician-assessed clinical severity, as well as artificial intelligence (AI)-classified lung parenchymal involvement. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included COVID-19 patients from January to December 2022. Clinical severity at admission was determined by World Health Organization criteria (mild, moderate, severe, critical). Lung parenchymal involvement was classified using a previously validated VGG16-based deep learning model applied to admission chest X-ray images. Vaccination status, verified through the national Satu Sehat registry, was categorized as unvaccinated, single-dose, or two-dose, without regard to time since last vaccination and vaccine type cause not consistently available. Results: A total of 153 patients were included, 31 patients (20%) unvaccinated, 22 patients (15%) single-dose, and 100 patients (65%) two-dose recipients. Critical disease occurred in 12.9% of unvaccinated patients based on clinician assessment. No patients were classified as having severe lung parenchymal involvement by the AI model. Moderate lung involvement was more frequent in unvaccinated patients (29.0%) compared with single-dose (27.3%) and two-dose groups (7.0%). In multivariable ordinal logistic regression, two-dose vaccination was independently associated with lower odds of higher based on WHO clinical severity (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]=0.41; 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.19–0.86; P=0.018) and lower odds of more severe AI-classified lung involvement (aOR=0.32; 95% CI=0.14–0.71; P=0.005). Conclusion: Two-dose vaccination was associated with lower clinician-assessed severity and reduced AI-classified lung parenchymal involvement at admission in this retrospective hospital-based cohort.

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jri

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Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology

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Jurnal Respirologi Indonesia (JRI) is an online and printed scientific publication of the Indonesian Society of Respirology (ISR). The journal is published thrice-monthly within a year (January, April, July and October). The journal is focused to present original article, article review, and case ...