Beliefs related to sexual intimacy, pregnancy and breastfeeding in the public during COVID-19 era: a web-based survey from India
Aim To evaluate the beliefs held by the public regarding sexual health, pregnancy, and breastfeeding during COVID-19 era. Methods It was an online cross-sectional survey conducted through the Survey Monkey® platform and after proper ethical approval a self-designed questionnaire was circulated by th...
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| author | Swapnajeet Sahoo Jigyansa Ipsita Pattnaik Aseem Mehra Ritu Nehra Susanta Kumar Padhy Sandeep Grover |
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| description | Aim To evaluate the beliefs held by the public regarding sexual health, pregnancy, and breastfeeding during COVID-19 era. Methods It was an online cross-sectional survey conducted through the Survey Monkey® platform and after proper ethical approval a self-designed questionnaire was circulated by the snowballing sampling technique through the Whatsapp platform. Results 1636 people respondent to the survey questionnaire. 63% of the participants mentioned that kissing could spread nCoV-SARS. Unprotected sexual intercourse with the spouse can cause infection spread, was reported by about one-third (35.9%). Nearly one-fifth (22%) thought that unprotected sexual intercourse with unknown partners/persons could not spread the infection. About half (49.7%) of the participants reported COVID-19 infection can be transmitted from mother to the child/fetus during the process of birth or during pregnancy and one-fifth (21.3%) of the participants reported going ahead with the Cesarean section if the mother is suspected of having or is confirmed to have COVID-19 infection. About one-fifth feared for risk of birth defects and abortion in case the mother is infected with COVID-19. 28% of the participants reported COVID-19 infection can be transmitted to newborn by breastfeeding. Conclusions The present study suggests that a significant proportion of people have misinformation about sexual intimacy, pregnancy, and breastfeeding in the ongoing pandemic which needs to be addressed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07d0838184564e008f85b8f7c7e0868b2023-09-14T12:44:01ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology0167-482X1743-89422021-04-0142210010710.1080/0167482X.2020.18079321807932Beliefs related to sexual intimacy, pregnancy and breastfeeding in the public during COVID-19 era: a web-based survey from IndiaSwapnajeet Sahoo0Jigyansa Ipsita Pattnaik1Aseem Mehra2Ritu Nehra3Susanta Kumar Padhy4Sandeep Grover5Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchDepartment of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical SciencesDepartment of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchDepartment of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchDepartment of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical SciencesDepartment of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchAim To evaluate the beliefs held by the public regarding sexual health, pregnancy, and breastfeeding during COVID-19 era. Methods It was an online cross-sectional survey conducted through the Survey Monkey® platform and after proper ethical approval a self-designed questionnaire was circulated by the snowballing sampling technique through the Whatsapp platform. Results 1636 people respondent to the survey questionnaire. 63% of the participants mentioned that kissing could spread nCoV-SARS. Unprotected sexual intercourse with the spouse can cause infection spread, was reported by about one-third (35.9%). Nearly one-fifth (22%) thought that unprotected sexual intercourse with unknown partners/persons could not spread the infection. About half (49.7%) of the participants reported COVID-19 infection can be transmitted from mother to the child/fetus during the process of birth or during pregnancy and one-fifth (21.3%) of the participants reported going ahead with the Cesarean section if the mother is suspected of having or is confirmed to have COVID-19 infection. About one-fifth feared for risk of birth defects and abortion in case the mother is infected with COVID-19. 28% of the participants reported COVID-19 infection can be transmitted to newborn by breastfeeding. Conclusions The present study suggests that a significant proportion of people have misinformation about sexual intimacy, pregnancy, and breastfeeding in the ongoing pandemic which needs to be addressed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2020.1807932covid-19beliefspregnancybreastfeedingsexual health |
| spellingShingle | Swapnajeet Sahoo Jigyansa Ipsita Pattnaik Aseem Mehra Ritu Nehra Susanta Kumar Padhy Sandeep Grover Beliefs related to sexual intimacy, pregnancy and breastfeeding in the public during COVID-19 era: a web-based survey from India Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology covid-19 beliefs pregnancy breastfeeding sexual health |
| title | Beliefs related to sexual intimacy, pregnancy and breastfeeding in the public during COVID-19 era: a web-based survey from India |
| title_full | Beliefs related to sexual intimacy, pregnancy and breastfeeding in the public during COVID-19 era: a web-based survey from India |
| title_fullStr | Beliefs related to sexual intimacy, pregnancy and breastfeeding in the public during COVID-19 era: a web-based survey from India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beliefs related to sexual intimacy, pregnancy and breastfeeding in the public during COVID-19 era: a web-based survey from India |
| title_short | Beliefs related to sexual intimacy, pregnancy and breastfeeding in the public during COVID-19 era: a web-based survey from India |
| title_sort | beliefs related to sexual intimacy pregnancy and breastfeeding in the public during covid 19 era a web based survey from india |
| topic | covid-19 beliefs pregnancy breastfeeding sexual health |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0167482X.2020.1807932 |
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