BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has been a global challenge since its first encounter. It has changed the daily lives of families including the sexual behavior of couples due to public health concerns and government policy to restrict people’s movement. It has changed both interpersonal and partner relationships; the time availability at home, the continued presence of children at home, the fear of infection, and the inability to physically interact with others have changed most people’s sexual behavior. AIM: This study aims to evaluate sexual behavior changes in marriage people of Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A cross-sectional online study was conducted, using self-constructed questionnaires. The convenience sample was collected from married males and females for at least 10 months from November 2020 to January 2021. The participants were asked 19 and 20 questions for female and male, respectively, which was an adaptation of the previous questionnaires. Furthermore, a study was conducted to analyze descriptively the changes of sexuality among married people before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. RESULTS: About 201 participants who completed the survey, 110 males (54.7%) and 91 females (45.3%) were included in the analyses. The mean age of participants was 37 years old. Most of the participants have middle to high socio-economy classes and have children at home. Shifting in the work schedule is the main reason to change sexual behaviors. Participants experienced significant changes in sexual behaviors and some sexual responses before and during the restriction time. CONCLUSION: The pandemic has changed sexual behaviors due to social restrictions in Indonesia. These findings imply messages about the consequences of the pandemic on sexual behaviors that may affect the sexual relationship, marriage stability, and physical health itself to fight coronavirus.
The emergence and the widespread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) demands an accurate detection method to establish a diagnosis. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR) is accounted for the perfect point of reference in detecting this virus. The notion that this virus also invades the male reproductive tract requires further investigation to prove the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the semen. This investigation was designed to detect SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 survivors semen. This study design was a cross-sectional examination and conducted between November 2020 and March 2021 in the Andrology Unit of Dr. Soetomo General Hospital and Professor Nidom Foundation, both located in the City of Surabaya, Indonesia. The sample was 34 male participants aged above 18 years old and had been confirmed COVID-19 by nasopharyngeal swab PCR test. Part of the semen was taken for real-time PCR testing with the QuantStudio 5 Applied Biosystem (AB) PCR machine and the kits utilized were the STANDARD M nCOV Real-Time Detection Kit and mBioCov-19 RT-PCR Kit. Furthermore, the mean of participants ages was 35.74 years old with 25% of them had had a history of primary infertility and 21.8% of secondary infertility. From the real-time PCR COVID-19 of the semen examination, this investigation found that 27 participants had been negatives (74.4%), six inconclusive (17.6%), and one positive (3%) of SARS CoV-2. In summary, SARS-CoV-2 could be found in the semen of COVID-19 survivors. This should be a concern for the potential impact of COVID-19 in male fertility and the possibility of transmission reproductively.
ABSTRAK Pandemi coronavirus disease (COVID-19) telah menjadi masalah di seluruh dunia. diketahui bahwa COVID-19 dapat mempengaruhi banyak organ dalam tubuh manusia, seperti paru-paru, ginjal, jantung, dan testis. Efek COVID-19 pada kesuburan pria masih menjadi kekhawatiran oleh para penyintas. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk memberikan edukasi dan informasi kepada para penyintas COVID-19 mengenai dampak infeksi pasca-COVID-19 terhadap kesuburan pria. Kami melakukan sesi konseling dan analisis semen para penyintas COVID-19 di RS Indrapura, Surabaya, untuk menginformasikan dan mengevaluasi pengaruh penyakit tersebut terhadap kesuburan mereka. Sebanyak 10 peserta setuju untuk memeriksakan spermanya di Unit Andrologi RS Soetomo Surabaya. Sebelum pemeriksaan, kami melakukan penyuluhan dan edukasi masyarakat kepada para Survivor COVID-19 di RSUD Indrapura dengan menggunakan platform zoom meeting. Konseling yang kami berikan menjelaskan bagaimana COVID-19 dapat memengaruhi status kesuburan pria dan bagaimana melakukan aktivitas seksual yang aman selama pandemi. Hasil dari analisis semen didapatkan teratozoospermia 70%, oligoashtenozoospermia berat 10%, oligozoospermia berat 10%, dan azoospermia post centrifuge 10%. Konseling dan analisis semen para penyintas COVID-19 merupakan langkah penting dalam mengedukasi dan mengevaluasi status kesuburan pria. Partisipan diinformasikan dan memahami status kesuburannya setelah terinfeksi COVID-19. Kata kunci: konseling, coronavirus, pandemi, analisis semen, kesuburan pria ABSTRACT The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has been a problem worldwide. It has been known that COVID-19 could affect many organs in the human body, such as the lungs, kidneys, cardiovascular, and testes. The effect of COVID-19 on male fertility is still a concern for many survivors.This community service activity aims to provide education and information to COVID-19 survivors regarding the impact of post-COVID-19 infection on male fertility. We do a counseling session and semen analysis of COVID-19 survivors in Indrapura Hospital, Surabaya, to inform and evaluate the effect of the disease on their fertility. A total of 10 participants agreed to check their semen in Andrology Unit, Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya. Before the examination, we performed community counseling and education of the COVID-19 Survivors in Indrapura Hospital using a zoom meeting. The counseling we give explains how COVID-19 could affect male fertility status and how to do safe sexual activity during pandemics. The results of the semen analysis are teratozoospermia 70%, severe oligoashtenozoospermia 10%, severe oligozoospermia 10%, and azoospermia post centrifuge 10%. Counseling, and semen analysis of the COVID-19 survivors is an essential step in educating and evaluating male fertility status. Participants were informed and understood their fertility status after being infected by COVID-19. Keywords: counseling, coronavirus, pandemic, semen analysis, male fertility
Congenital deafness will impact the quality of life of affected individuals if they do not obtain early detection and intervention. Socialization of congenital deafness is needed, thereby the community can engage in early detection and intervention efforts. Socializing about the early detection and intervention of congenital deafness. Educational activities are carried out with counseling using the lecture method, discussion, and pretest and posttest. The average pretest result was 62.03 (± 11.51) and the posttest average was 88.39 (± 13.41). Based on the comparison between the pretest and posttest results, we found a significant difference (p < 0.0001) statistically. Public knowledge of congenital deafness needs to be improved in order to increase community participation in terms of early detection and intervention.
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