“INSIDE” Project on Sexual Health in Spain: Sexual Life During the Lockdown Caused by COVID-19

• DOI: 10.1007/s13178-020-00506-1
• Publication Date: 2020-11-16T03:04:36Z
• Authors: Rafael Ballester-...; Juan E. Nebot-Garcia; Estefanía Ruiz-Pa...; Cristina Giménez-...; María Dolores Gil...
• Keywords: Pornography; Sexual intercourse

The COVID-19 pandemic is becoming a major hazard to public health worldwide. This causing significant impact on life and physical health, as well the psychological well-being of general population. Since emotional distress social restrictions caused by this epidemic, it must be expected that its will also extend sexual health. purpose study, first including large sample Spanish population, was analyze behavior during 99 days confinement in Spain (INSIDE Project).One thousand four hundred forty-eight people, between 18 60 years old, were evaluated through an online survey April 2020. variables analyzed environment confinement, desire, type activity, masturbation, intercourse, frequency, fantasies, degree self-control over drive, abuse, sexuality, mood.Confinement has affected half population (47.7%), especially women. Those who reported worsening their are almost three times more (37.9%) than those improvement (14.4%).Different factors have been predictors positive or negative evaluation about life, such gender, couple privacy, stress level, perception unbearable.These results important implications for