TY  - JOUR
TI  - How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Sexual Health of Partnered Men?
AB  - Objective: Mental health and human psychology have been negatively affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since psychomental status and sexual health are related, it is possible that the sexual health of couples may be affected along with their mental health. We aimed to perform a quantitative evaluation of male partners’ sexual lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: A hundred-sixteen men filled out our online survey in which International Erectile Index Score (IIEF) was embedded. The relationship between COVID-19 pandemic and stress, economical concerns, workload, etc. was questioned.
Results:Twenty-nine people had not had intercourse for more than 1 month. Twenty-one of them (72.4%) showed pandemic-related relationship sexual avoidance behaviour. 55.2% of survey respondents who also filled IIEF questionnaire were economically affected by the pandemic, 66.7% were psychologically affected and 71.2% were significantly or somewhat sexually affected. the total average of the erectile function score was 25.95±5.4. These scores indicate a slight predominance of ED.
Conclusion: It is clear the COVID-19 pandemic affects people’s sex lives in myriad of negative ways. We believe that many the domestic problems likely to develop as a result of lockdowns and other measures intended to prevent virus spread can be prevented or reduced by facilitating healthy sex lives between couples.
AU  - Caniklioğlu, Mehmet
AU  - OZTEKIN, UNAL
AU  - isikay, levent
AU  - SELMI, VOLKAN
AU  - ÖZKAYA, MUHARREM
AU  - SARI, SERCAN
DO  - 10.17944/mkutfd.939834
PY  - 2022
JO  - Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Tıp Dergisi
VL  - 13
IS  - 45
SN  - 2149-3103
SP  - 29
EP  - 34
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/512728
ER  -