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ReviewRevista brasileira de enfermagem2025

Use of digital technologies to promote sexual health in young adults: a narrative review.

Aliete Cristina Gomes Dias Pedrosa da Cunha-Oliveira, Sagrario Gómez Cantarino, Diana Gabriela Simões Marques Dos Santos, Beatriz Filipa Pinto Oliveira, Bernardo Marinho, Carolina Dias Ribeiro, Filipe Dos Santos Rodrigues, José Hermínio Gomes, Eva Patrícia da Silva Guilherme Menino, Renata Karina Reis

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Review in Revista brasileira de enfermagem, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Aliete Cristina Gomes Dias Pedrosa da Cunha-OliveiraEscola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA: E). Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8399-8619
Sagrario Gómez CantarinoEscola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA: E). Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9640-0409
Diana Gabriela Simões Marques Dos SantosEscola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA: E). Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8412-6556
Beatriz Filipa Pinto OliveiraEscola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA: E). Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0008-4297-0546
Bernardo MarinhoEscola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA: E). Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0005-8741-1711
Carolina Dias RibeiroEscola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA: E). Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0009-2941-0699
Filipe Dos Santos RodriguesEscola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA: E). Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0001-0330-6166
José Hermínio GomesEscola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA: E). Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6062-1883
Eva Patrícia da Silva Guilherme MeninoEscola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA: E). Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6761-9364
Renata Karina ReisUniversidade de São Paulo. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0681-4721

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo map the evidence in the literature on the use of digital technologies to promote sexual health in young adults.

methodsNarrative literature review. Data were extracted, analyzed, and synthesized by three independent reviewers.

resultsAfter the selection process, four studies were included. The articles reveal that the use of digital technologies (mobile phones/applications) translates into increased knowledge and improved sexual attitudes and behaviors among young adults. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: The use of digital technologies promotes the sexual health of young adults, so these strategies should be implemented by health professionals.

Indexed as

Digital TechnologyHealth PromotionSexual HealthFemaleHumansNarrationYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID40561348
PMCPMC12185118

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