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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on quality of partner relationship and sexual activity among COVID positive males: a cross sectional study.
Alzahrani, M A; Alkhamees, M; Almutairi, S; Abumelha, S M; Khan, M A; Aljaziri, Z Y; Althunayyan, F A; Ahmad, M S; Hakami, B O.
  • Alzahrani MA; Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, Saudi Arabia. ma.alzahrani@mu.edu.sa.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci ; 26(12): 4431-4439, 2022 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1924913
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

Our aim was to assess sexual activity, partner relationships among males who had been infected with COVID-19, to study the impact of COVID-19 infection on partner relationship and to find out the association between partner and sexual relationship during lockdown. MATERIALS AND

METHODS:

A cross sectional study was conducted in Saudi Arabia through social media platforms via online questionnaire between December 1, 2020 and January 31, 2021 among 871 participants after a pilot study among 20 participants of which 497 were included in the study. Statistical analysis was conducted using SPSS version 20.0 (IBM Inc., Armonk, NY, USA). Responses were presented as frequencies and percentages and the association was studied using Chi squared test/Fisher's exact test. The value of p ≤ .05 was considered significant.

RESULTS:

Out of the total study participants, nearly 85% of them belonged to the age range of 18 to 39 years, more than half of the participants were married. In the six months prior to the study being conducted, 268 respondents (53.9%) did not have sexual relationships. Respondents with positive COVID-19 infection reported that their partner lived with them in the same house during home isolation and was also found to be significantly associated with having intact sexual relationships in the last six months of the lockdown period (p-value < .001). Moreover, respondents who reported having good relationships with their partners during the pandemic were found to be significantly associated with having intact sexual relationships during the pandemic lockdown (p-value < .001).

CONCLUSIONS:

Among the COVID-19-positive respondents, sexual activity and partner relationships were largely found to be intact during the pandemic lockdown period.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Sexual Partners / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Humans / Male / Young adult Language: English Journal: Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci Journal subject: Pharmacology / Toxicology Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Eurrev_202206_29082

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Sexual Partners / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Humans / Male / Young adult Language: English Journal: Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci Journal subject: Pharmacology / Toxicology Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Eurrev_202206_29082