Reda Mona, Sehlo Mohammad, Youssef Usama, Elsayed Mervat
Department of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Department of Psychiatry, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Int J Sex Health. 2022 Apr 4;34(3):366-376. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2022.2058144. eCollection 2022.
To assess the changes in the sexual behavior of Egyptian married men during the COVID-19 lockdown period.
In a cross-sectional study, the sexual behavior of 164 Egyptian married men was examined through an online questionnaire, designed by the authors, and uploaded to strictly male social media groups using Google Forms. The questionnaire included demographic and clinical variables about age, stress level about COVID-19, fear of infection during sexual relations and also compared sexual behavior before the COVID-19 lockdown.
39.17% of the sample reported decrease in sexual desire, 28.05% reported decrease in sexual frequency, 17.68% reported decrease in sexual satisfaction and 22% reported fear of infection with COVID-19 during sexual relations. Severe stress about COVID-19, increased rate of marital conflicts and fear of infection with COVID-19 during sexual relations were significantly associated with decreased sexual desire, frequency and satisfaction.
This study demonstrated severe stress about COVID-19, increased rate of marital conflict and fear of infection with COVID-19 during sexual activity, all of which were significantly associated with decreased levels of sexual desire, frequency and satisfaction respectively among married Egyptian men during the COVID-19 lockdown period. Promoting education to manage stress, decreasing marital conflicts and the correction of the mistaken belief that COVID-19 is a sexually transmitted disease is highly important to promote healthy sexual relations during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown period.
评估新冠疫情封锁期间埃及已婚男性性行为的变化。
在一项横断面研究中，通过作者设计的在线问卷对164名埃及已婚男性的性行为进行调查，问卷通过谷歌表单上传至仅限男性的社交媒体群组。问卷包括有关年龄的人口统计学和临床变量、对新冠疫情的压力水平、性行为期间对感染的恐惧，还比较了新冠疫情封锁前的性行为。
39.17%的样本报告性欲下降，28.05%报告性行为频率下降，17.68%报告性满意度下降，22%报告性行为期间担心感染新冠病毒。对新冠疫情的严重压力、婚姻冲突发生率增加以及性行为期间对感染新冠病毒的恐惧与性欲、频率和满意度下降显著相关。
本研究表明，对新冠疫情的严重压力、婚姻冲突发生率增加以及性行为期间对感染新冠病毒的恐惧，所有这些分别与新冠疫情封锁期间埃及已婚男性性欲、频率和满意度水平下降显著相关。在新冠疫情大流行和封锁期间，开展压力管理教育、减少婚姻冲突以及纠正新冠病毒是性传播疾病的错误观念对于促进健康的性关系非常重要。
