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Review
. 2020 Jul;46(suppl.1):104-112.
doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2020.S116.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sexual behavior of the population. The vision of the east and the west

François Peinado Ibarra  1 , Mehri Mehrad  2 , Marina Di Mauro  3 , María Fernanda Peraza Godoy  4   5 , Eduard García Cruz  6   7 , Mohammad Ali Nilforoushzadeh  2 , Giorgio Ivan Russo  3
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Review

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sexual behavior of the population. The vision of the east and the west

François Peinado Ibarra et al. Int Braz J Urol. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the way of life around the World. The state of alarm has forced the population to stay at home, radically changing both interpersonal and partner relationships; work at home, social distancing, the continued presence of children at home, fear of infection and not being able to physically meet with others have changed most people's sexual habits. We conducted a review by exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual behavior in the population from three different countries: Iran, Italy and Spain from each country's perspective. The impact of the coronavirus will be very important in the sexual life of the people and we will attend in the next months or years, to some changes in the relationships at all the levels. The pandemic will negatively affect sexual behaviors due to multiple contact restrictions. In the future, we will be able to assess these effects in more detail.

Keywords: COVID-19 [Supplementary Concept]; Pandemics; Sexual Behavior.

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