Yekefallah Leili, Mohammadi Saeide Dost, Namdar Peyman, Moghadam Somaye Minaei, Yekefallah Fereshteh, Mafi Mohamad Hossein
Associate Professor of Nursing, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
MSc of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2023 Sep 8;28(5):544-549. doi: 10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_273_21. eCollection 2023 Sep-Oct.
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the lives of the community. The resulting social constraints and the physical and psychological consequences are also expected to affect sexual health. The present study aims to determine the status of sexual function, desire, and satisfaction of couples during the outbreak of COVID-19.
This is a descriptive online cross-sectional study on 400 married individuals living in Qazvin, Iran, from October 15 to November 12, 2020. The multi-stage random cluster method is used for sampling. The following questionnaires have been used for data collection: Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Rosen male sexual function, Larson's sexual satisfaction, and Hurlbert Index of Sexual Desire (HISD). The questionnaires were sent to participants through online messengers. The obtained data were analyzed by SPSS software (v25).
The findings show that only 19.20% of study participants had sex three or more times a week. Most of the participating women (56.90%) had sexual dysfunction, while most men (64.30%) had proper sexual function. Also, the majority of participants had moderate sexual desire (46%) and high sexual satisfaction. The primary predictors of sexual dysfunction in men and women during the outbreak of COVID-19 were "employment in health centers" (B = -9.34, = 0.007) and "spouse working in health centers" (B = -6.16, = 0.007), respectively.
The psychological burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting measures, such as prevention protocols, affect couples' sexual relations. Therefore, interventions are necessary to improve the quality and health of the sexual life of couples.
新冠疫情严重影响了社区居民的生活。由此产生的社会限制以及身体和心理方面的后果预计也会影响性健康。本研究旨在确定新冠疫情爆发期间夫妻性功能、性欲和满意度的状况。
这是一项描述性在线横断面研究，于2020年10月15日至11月12日对居住在伊朗加兹温的400名已婚人士进行。采用多阶段随机整群抽样法进行抽样。数据收集使用了以下问卷：女性性功能指数（FSFI）、罗森男性性功能问卷、拉森性满意度问卷和赫尔伯特性欲指数（HISD）。问卷通过在线信使发送给参与者。所得数据使用SPSS软件（v25）进行分析。
研究结果显示，只有19.20%的研究参与者每周进行三次或更多次性行为。大多数参与研究的女性（56.90%）存在性功能障碍，而大多数男性（64.30%）性功能正常。此外，大多数参与者性欲中等（46%）且性满意度较高。新冠疫情爆发期间，男性和女性性功能障碍的主要预测因素分别是“在健康中心工作”（B = -9.34，P = 0.007）和“配偶在健康中心工作”（B = -6.16，P = 0.007）。
新冠疫情带来的心理负担以及由此产生的措施，如预防方案，会影响夫妻的性关系。因此，有必要采取干预措施来改善夫妻性生活的质量和健康状况。
