Abstract

Objective

To assess the changes in the sexual behavior of Egyptian married men during the COVID-19 lockdown period.

Methods

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.

Results

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.

Conclusions

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.

中文翻译：

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“COVID-19”封锁对埃及样本中男性性行为的影响

摘要

客观的

评估 COVID-19 封锁期间埃及已婚男性性行为的变化。

方法

在一项横断面研究中，通过作者设计的在线问卷调查了 164 名埃及已婚男性的性行为，并使用谷歌表格上传到严格的男性社交媒体群组。问卷包括关于年龄的人口统计和临床变量、关于 COVID-19 的压力水平、性关系期间对感染的恐惧，并比较了 COVID-19 锁定之前的性行为。

结果

39.17% 的样本报告性欲降低，28.05% 报告性频率降低，17.68% 报告性满意度降低，22% 报告性关系期间害怕感染 COVID-19。对 COVID-19 的严重压力、婚姻冲突率的增加以及性关系期间对感染 COVID-19 的恐惧与性欲、频率和满意度下降显着相关。

结论

这项研究表明，在性活动期间，对 COVID-19 的严重压力、婚姻冲突率增加和对感染 COVID-19 的恐惧，所有这些都与已婚埃及男性的性欲、频率和满意度水平降低显着相关。 COVID-19 锁定期。促进教育以管理压力、减少婚姻冲突和纠正 COVID-19 是一种性传播疾病的错误观念，对于在 COVID-19 大流行和封锁期间促进健康的性关系非常重要。