COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on the Quality of Women's Sexual Life: A Systematic Review

Antoniou, E (通讯作者),Univ West Attica, Dept Midwifery, Agioy Spyridonos 28, Egaleo 12243, Greece.
2023-1
The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects, including onphysical and mental health and wellbeing. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on women's health, especially on women's sexual life includingdesire, arousal, orgasm and satisfaction. The initial research in PubMed/Medline, Google Scholar and Scopus yielded 573 articles from Europe (Portugal, Poland, Italy, Greece), America (U.S, Brazil) and Africa (Egypt), of which 14 met the inclusion criteria and were included in the review. Results from the studies suggest that the pandemic negatively affected sexual functioning and satisfaction, while it increased sexual distress, sexual avoidance and solitary sexual approach behaviors. The desire to have children decreased during the pandemic, but so didthe use of contraception. There is conflicting evidence as to whether or not the pandemic has had an impact on sexual desire and frequency among women. However, some major factors associated with sexual life were psychological factors and working status. It is well documented that the pandemic has had a great psychological impact. Therefore, both of these factors are expected to significantly affect women's sexual life.
HEALTHCARE
卷号:11|期号:2
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
University of West Attica
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
0
2013以来使用计数
0
EISSN
2227-9032
出版年
2023-1
DOI
10.3390/healthcare11020185
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic female sexual function female sexual behavior female sexual health
WOS学科分类
Health Care Sciences & Services Health Policy & Services