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Relationship Between Sexual Behaviors with Non-committed Relationship Partners and COVID-19 Restrictions and Notification Rates: Results from a Longitudinal Study of Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia

INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 related lockdowns have impacted the sexual activity of gay and bisexual men (GBM). We investigated trends in sexual behaviors and the COVID-19 context in which they occurred (COVID-notification rates and jurisdictional restrictions) to understand changes in the duration and se...

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Autores principales: Storer, Daniel, Prestage, Garrett, McManus, Hamish, Maher, Lisa, Bavinton, Benjamin R., Ellard, Jeanne, Jin, Fengyi, Philpot, Steven, Holt, Martin, Saxton, Peter, Haire, Bridget, Murphy, Dean, Hammoud, Mohamed A.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9142826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35669626
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-022-00733-8
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author Storer, Daniel
Prestage, Garrett
McManus, Hamish
Maher, Lisa
Bavinton, Benjamin R.
Ellard, Jeanne
Jin, Fengyi
Philpot, Steven
Holt, Martin
Saxton, Peter
Haire, Bridget
Murphy, Dean
Hammoud, Mohamed A.
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Prestage, Garrett
McManus, Hamish
Maher, Lisa
Bavinton, Benjamin R.
Ellard, Jeanne
Jin, Fengyi
Philpot, Steven
Holt, Martin
Saxton, Peter
Haire, Bridget
Murphy, Dean
Hammoud, Mohamed A.
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description INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 related lockdowns have impacted the sexual activity of gay and bisexual men (GBM). We investigated trends in sexual behaviors and the COVID-19 context in which they occurred (COVID-notification rates and jurisdictional restrictions) to understand changes in the duration and severity of periods of lockdown on the sexual behavior of Australian GBM. METHODS: In an online, prospective observational study of 831 GBM from May 2020 to May 2021, we investigated associations between changes in sexual behavior among Australian GBM, lockdowns, and COVID-19 notification rates through weekly surveys from May 2020 to May 2021. RESULTS: The mean age was 45.71 years (SD: 13.93). Most identified as gay (89.0%) and 10.2% were living with HIV. There was an overall increase in the mean weekly number of non-committed relationship partners (0.53–0.90, p < 0.001). The state of Victoria experienced a significant extended COVID-19 outbreak, accompanied by severe lockdown restrictions. In response, Victorian men’s partner numbers shifted three times, while elsewhere there was an overall gradually increasing trend. CONCLUSIONS: Less severe outbreaks with shorter lockdown periods, involving fewer and geographically contained, COVID-19 notifications were accompanied by non-significant changes in sex with non-relationship partners than more severe outbreaks over extended periods and larger geographical areas. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13178-022-00733-8.
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spelling pubmed-91428262022-06-02 Relationship Between Sexual Behaviors with Non-committed Relationship Partners and COVID-19 Restrictions and Notification Rates: Results from a Longitudinal Study of Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia Storer, Daniel Prestage, Garrett McManus, Hamish Maher, Lisa Bavinton, Benjamin R. Ellard, Jeanne Jin, Fengyi Philpot, Steven Holt, Martin Saxton, Peter Haire, Bridget Murphy, Dean Hammoud, Mohamed A. Sex Res Social Policy Article INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 related lockdowns have impacted the sexual activity of gay and bisexual men (GBM). We investigated trends in sexual behaviors and the COVID-19 context in which they occurred (COVID-notification rates and jurisdictional restrictions) to understand changes in the duration and severity of periods of lockdown on the sexual behavior of Australian GBM. METHODS: In an online, prospective observational study of 831 GBM from May 2020 to May 2021, we investigated associations between changes in sexual behavior among Australian GBM, lockdowns, and COVID-19 notification rates through weekly surveys from May 2020 to May 2021. RESULTS: The mean age was 45.71 years (SD: 13.93). Most identified as gay (89.0%) and 10.2% were living with HIV. There was an overall increase in the mean weekly number of non-committed relationship partners (0.53–0.90, p < 0.001). The state of Victoria experienced a significant extended COVID-19 outbreak, accompanied by severe lockdown restrictions. In response, Victorian men’s partner numbers shifted three times, while elsewhere there was an overall gradually increasing trend. CONCLUSIONS: Less severe outbreaks with shorter lockdown periods, involving fewer and geographically contained, COVID-19 notifications were accompanied by non-significant changes in sex with non-relationship partners than more severe outbreaks over extended periods and larger geographical areas. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13178-022-00733-8. Springer US 2022-05-28 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9142826/ /pubmed/35669626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-022-00733-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Prestage, Garrett
McManus, Hamish
Maher, Lisa
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Philpot, Steven
Holt, Martin
Saxton, Peter
Haire, Bridget
Murphy, Dean
Hammoud, Mohamed A.
Relationship Between Sexual Behaviors with Non-committed Relationship Partners and COVID-19 Restrictions and Notification Rates: Results from a Longitudinal Study of Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia
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title_full Relationship Between Sexual Behaviors with Non-committed Relationship Partners and COVID-19 Restrictions and Notification Rates: Results from a Longitudinal Study of Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia
title_fullStr Relationship Between Sexual Behaviors with Non-committed Relationship Partners and COVID-19 Restrictions and Notification Rates: Results from a Longitudinal Study of Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia
title_full_unstemmed Relationship Between Sexual Behaviors with Non-committed Relationship Partners and COVID-19 Restrictions and Notification Rates: Results from a Longitudinal Study of Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia
title_short Relationship Between Sexual Behaviors with Non-committed Relationship Partners and COVID-19 Restrictions and Notification Rates: Results from a Longitudinal Study of Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia
title_sort relationship between sexual behaviors with non-committed relationship partners and covid-19 restrictions and notification rates: results from a longitudinal study of gay and bisexual men in australia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9142826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35669626
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-022-00733-8
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