ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020
Consensus on Recommendations for Safe Sexual Activity during the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic.
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- Association between COVID-19 and sexual health: an umbrella review.Annals of medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual functioning and activity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- The Multifaceted Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on Sexual Health, Function, and Behaviors: Implications for Public Health: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Repercussion of SARS-CoV-2 on the Sexual Function in Males: An Updated Review.Infectious disorders drug targets · 2025Review
- Investigating the mode of transmission of COVID-19 through genital secretions, semen, the birth canal, and lactation: A systematic review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- (Un)forgotten Sex Lives During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Coping Strategies That Work and the Role of Experience.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- More than Two… but not Right Now: Interpretations and Responses to Covid-19 Measures on Reddit for Two Communities of Consensual Non-Monogamy.Sexuality & culture · 2023Article
- Emotional health assessment related to COVID-19 in older people: A cross-sectional study.International journal of older people nursing · 2023Article
- New Challenges in Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- A Network Comparison of Motives behind Online Sexual Activities and Problematic Pornography Use during the COVID-19 Outbreak and the Post-Pandemic Period.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic on Reproduction, Sexual Function and Behaviors: A Review of the Main Trends and Findings.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2022Article
- Sexual health (excluding reproductive health, intimate partner violence and gender-based violence) and COVID-19: a scoping review.Sexually transmitted infections · 2021Article
- Design of Fear and Anxiety of COVID-19 Assessment Tool in Spanish Adult Population.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Examination of the effect of COVID-19 on sexual dysfunction in women.International journal of clinical practice · 2021Article
- Sex, Digital Devices, Social Media, and Social Isolation: A Study on Sexual Behavioral During COVID -19 Pandemic.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2021Article
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- Sexual activities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia.African journal of urology : the official journal of the Pan African Urological Surgeons' Association (PAUSA) · 2021Article
- COVID-19 Pandemic on Fire: Evolved Propensities for Nocturnal Activities as a Liability Against Epidemiological Control.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Sexual activity offers numerous advantages for physical and mental health but maintains inherent risks in a pandemic situation, such as the current one caused by SARS-CoV-2. A group of experts from the Spanish Association of Sexuality and Mental Health (AESexSAME) has reached a consensus on recommendations to maintain lower-risk sexual activity, depending on one's clinical and partner situations, based on the current knowledge of SARS-CoV-2. Different situations are included in the recommendations: a sexual partner passing quarantine without any symptoms, a sexual partner that has not passed quarantine, a sexual partner with some suspicious symptoms of COVID-19, a positive sexual partner with COVID-19, a pregnant sexual partner, a health professional partner in contact with COVID-19 patients, and people without a sexual partner. The main recommendations include returning to engaging in safe sex after quarantine is over (28 days based on the duration one can carry SARS-CoV-2, or 33 days for those who are >60 years old) and all parties are asymptomatic. In all other cases (for those under quarantine, those with some clinical symptoms, health professionals in contact with COVID-19 patients, and during pregnancy), abstaining from coital/oral/anal sex, substituting it with masturbatory or virtual sexual activity to provide maximum protection from the contagion, and increasing the benefits inherent to sexual activity are recommended. For persons without a partner, not initiating sexual activity with a sporadic partner is strongly recommended.
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