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It led to limited social interactions for fear of contracting the infection, which ultimately affected relationships, among which is sexual health.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To determine the risk of female sexual dysfunction and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual function and activities among women of reproductive age in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study of 218 reproductive-age women evaluated the sexual function before, during, and after the COVID-19 disease pandemic and lockdown. Pretested semistructured self-administered questionnaires with the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) were used for data collection. Information collected included sociodemographic and gynecologic characteristics and COVID-19 experiences, as well as sexual history and function before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The level of significance was set at <i>P</i> < .05.</p><p><strong>Outcomes: </strong>Respondents were aged 20 to 50 years (95%) with a mean ± SD age of 34.82 ± 8.52 years; the majority were married (75.58%); one-fifth (21.9%) tested positive for COVID-19 infection; and participants who tested positive for COVID-19 infections were mostly health care workers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>An absence of sexual activity was reported in 9.18% of participants during lockdown, 7.73% before lockdown, and 4.18% after lockdown. The risk of female sexual dysfunction was prevalent among participants, especially those who tested positive for COVID-19 infection. The prevalence was worse during the pandemic lockdown (53.57%) than before (48.39%) or after (51.61%), and a similar pattern was seen among those who tested negative. There was no statistically significant difference in risk of developing sexual dysfunction during the COVID-19 pandemic between those who tested positive and negative to COVID-19. The arousal and desire domains contributed the highest proportion of low FSFI scores.</p><p><strong>Clinical implications: </strong>Nationwide lockdowns, which may be a method of control for pandemics, may result in psychosocial complications such as female sexual dysfunction.</p><p><strong>Strength and limitations: </strong>Most respondents had tertiary education and were able to respond to self-administered questionnaires, yet the risk of recall bias remains a concern whereas the pandemic met the world unprepared and baseline FSFI prior the pandemic was not available for participants. There are no local validation studies for the FSFI in Nigeria, which could have aided interpretation of results.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A low FSFI score is prevalent in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria, with a higher incidence reported during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.</p>","PeriodicalId":21782,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10881290/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Effect of COVID-19 on sexual function and activities among reproductive-age women in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria.\",\"authors\":\"Rukiyat Adeola Abdus-Salam, Oluwasegun Caleb Idowu, Fatimat Motunrayo Akinlusi, Yusuf Bello, Imran Oludare Morhason-Bello\",\"doi\":\"10.1093/sexmed/qfae004\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Since the outbreak of COVID-19 disease, the environment, families, individuals, and their ways of living have been affected. 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Effect of COVID-19 on sexual function and activities among reproductive-age women in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria.
Background: Since the outbreak of COVID-19 disease, the environment, families, individuals, and their ways of living have been affected. Social distancing was one of the strategies for the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection. It led to limited social interactions for fear of contracting the infection, which ultimately affected relationships, among which is sexual health.
Aim: To determine the risk of female sexual dysfunction and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual function and activities among women of reproductive age in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria.
Methods: This cross-sectional study of 218 reproductive-age women evaluated the sexual function before, during, and after the COVID-19 disease pandemic and lockdown. Pretested semistructured self-administered questionnaires with the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) were used for data collection. Information collected included sociodemographic and gynecologic characteristics and COVID-19 experiences, as well as sexual history and function before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The level of significance was set at P < .05.
Outcomes: Respondents were aged 20 to 50 years (95%) with a mean ± SD age of 34.82 ± 8.52 years; the majority were married (75.58%); one-fifth (21.9%) tested positive for COVID-19 infection; and participants who tested positive for COVID-19 infections were mostly health care workers.
Results: An absence of sexual activity was reported in 9.18% of participants during lockdown, 7.73% before lockdown, and 4.18% after lockdown. The risk of female sexual dysfunction was prevalent among participants, especially those who tested positive for COVID-19 infection. The prevalence was worse during the pandemic lockdown (53.57%) than before (48.39%) or after (51.61%), and a similar pattern was seen among those who tested negative. There was no statistically significant difference in risk of developing sexual dysfunction during the COVID-19 pandemic between those who tested positive and negative to COVID-19. The arousal and desire domains contributed the highest proportion of low FSFI scores.
Clinical implications: Nationwide lockdowns, which may be a method of control for pandemics, may result in psychosocial complications such as female sexual dysfunction.
Strength and limitations: Most respondents had tertiary education and were able to respond to self-administered questionnaires, yet the risk of recall bias remains a concern whereas the pandemic met the world unprepared and baseline FSFI prior the pandemic was not available for participants. There are no local validation studies for the FSFI in Nigeria, which could have aided interpretation of results.
Conclusion: A low FSFI score is prevalent in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria, with a higher incidence reported during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
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Sexual Medicine is an official publication of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, and serves the field as the peer-reviewed, open access journal for rapid dissemination of multidisciplinary clinical and basic research in all areas of global sexual medicine, and particularly acts as a venue for topics of regional or sub-specialty interest. The journal is focused on issues in clinical medicine and epidemiology but also publishes basic science papers with particular relevance to specific populations. Sexual Medicine offers clinicians and researchers a rapid route to publication and the opportunity to publish in a broadly distributed and highly visible global forum. The journal publishes high quality articles from all over the world and actively seeks submissions from countries with expanding sexual medicine communities. Sexual Medicine relies on the same expert panel of editors and reviewers as The Journal of Sexual Medicine and Sexual Medicine Reviews.
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