Covid-19, mobility restriction, and sexual behavior among a cohort of people of reproductive age

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Dados Bibliográficos

ID22073235
AutoresPaul O Adekola (0000-0002-2104-6548, Covenant University), Favour C Ugwu (Covenant University), Emmanuel O Amoo (0000-0001-5568-2115, Covenant University), Adebanke Olawole-Isaac (0000-0001-8115-4738, Covenant University), G T Cirella (0000-0002-0810-0589, University of Gdańsk, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume10
Páginas935625-935625
Data de publicação2023-01-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditoraFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2022.935625
PMID36699940
OpenAlexW4313894422
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas56

Background: One of the non-pharmaceutical strategies adopted by various governments to control the spread of COVID-19 is mobility restriction (MR), popularly known as a lockdown. Evidence shows that MR has some unintended consequences, such as increased cases of domestic violence, rape, pornography, sex chats, incest, and other unhealthy sexual behaviors (SBs). Methods: a cross-sectional quantitative approach. A total of 425 interviewees were randomly chosen among people of a reproductive age. Data were analyzed using univariate, bivariate, and multivariate levels of analysis. Results: A significant relationship exists between selected socio-demographic characteristics, such as age and marital status, and the ability of people to cope with sexual abstinence. Results from the logistic regression analysis further illustrated this observation as during MR people were twice as likely to engage in prolific sex chats that could spur other harmful SBs. Conclusion: It is recommended that people should be allowed to determine whether they would like to stay with their partners in subsequent lockdowns, or otherwise, to prevent some of the unpleasant SBs recorded

Abstinence · Bivariate analysis · Logistic regression · Marital status · Multivariate analysis · Population · Psychiatry · Sociology · COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction · Demography · Gestational Diabetes Research and Management · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual function and dysfunction studies