Purpose: To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lifestyle change on couples of reproductive age and on their desire for parenthood.

Materials and methods: A quantitative correlational research study, based on a web survey, was conducted among Italian men and women in heterosexual stable relationships, aged between 18 and 46 years. The self-administered Italian version questionnaire was created using Google Forms and posted on chats and social networks.The mood of participants before and during the quarantine was assessed using a scale from 1 to 10 (1 = no wellbeing; 10 = total wellbeing). Couples’ quality of life and their reproductive desire were evaluated.

Results: 1482 respondents were included: 944 women (63.7%) and 538 men (36.3%). A significant trend toward reduced mean wellbeing scores during the quarantine, compared to before, was found (p < .01). From 18.1% participants who were planning to have a child before the pandemic, 37.3% abandoned the intention, related to worries of future economic difficulties (58%) and consequences on pregnancy (58%). Of 81.9% who did not intend to conceive, 11.5% revealed a desire for parenthood during quarantine than before (p < .01), related to will for change (50%) and need for positivity (40%). 4.3% of these actually tried to get pregnant. Stratifying by age, a trend toward older ages was found in the desire for parenthood before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (p < .05).

Conclusions: COVID-19 pandemic is impacting on the desire for parenthood. It is unknown whether these findings will result in a substantial modification of birth rate in the near future.

目的：评估COVID-19大流行生活方式的改变对育龄夫妇及其对父母的渴望的影响。

材料和方法：在一项基于网络调查的定量相关研究中，对年龄在18至46岁之间的具有异性稳定关系的意大利男性和女性进行了研究。自我管理的意大利语版问卷是使用Google表格创建的，并发布在聊天和社交网络上。隔离前和隔离期间参与者的情绪使用1到10的等级进行评估（1 =无幸福感; 10 =总幸福感）。评估了夫妻的生活质量和生殖欲。

结果： 1482名受访者包括：944名女性（63.7％）和538名男性（36.3％）。与以前相比，发现隔离期间平均幸福感得分降低的显着趋势（p  <.01）。在计划大流行前生孩子的18.1％的参与者中，有37.3％的人放弃了这一意向，这与对未来经济困难的担忧（58％）和对怀孕的后果（58％）有关。在不想怀孕的81.9％的人中，有11.5％的人表示比隔离前更希望有父母身份（p  <.01），这与变革意愿（50％）和积极需要（40％）有关。这些人中有4.3％实际上试图怀孕。按年龄分层，发现在COVID-19大流行之前和期间对父母的渴望有增加的趋势（p <.05）。

结论： COVID-19大流行正在影响对父母的渴望。尚不清楚这些发现是否会在不久的将来导致出生率的重大改变。