International Brazilian Journal of Urology (Jul 2020)

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sexual behavior of the population. The vision of the east and the west

  • François Peinado Ibarra,
  • Mehri Mehrad,
  • Marina Di Mauro,
  • Maria Fernanda Peraza Godoy,
  • Eduard García Cruz,
  • Mohammad Ali Nilforoushzadeh,
  • Giorgio Ivan Russo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2020.s116
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 46, no. suppl 1
pp. 104 – 112

Abstract

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ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the way of life around the World. The state of alarm has forced the population to stay at home, radically changing both interpersonal and partner relationships; work at home, social distancing, the continued presence of children at home, fear of infection and not being able to physically meet with others have changed most people's sexual habits. We conducted a review by exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual behavior in the population from three different countries: Iran, Italy and Spain from each country's perspective. The impact of the coronavirus will be very important in the sexual life of the people and we will attend in the next months or years, to some changes in the relationships at all the levels. The pandemic will negatively affect sexual behaviors due to multiple contact restrictions. In the future, we will be able to assess these effects in more detail.

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