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Comparison of Online Sexual Activity Among Iranian Individuals With and Without Substance Use Disorder: A Case-Control Study

The most important practical concerns in addiction medicine are the non-substance addiction and related addictive behaviors among individuals with substance use disorder. On the other hand, technological advances, and easy access have increased the frequency of online sexual activities (OSAs) as one...

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Autores principales: Soraya, Shiva, Rashedi, Vahid, Saeidi, Mahdieh, Hashemi, Pooria, Hadi, Fatemeh, Ahmadkhaniha, Hamidreza, Shalbafan, Mohammadreza
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9353021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35935427
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.889528
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author Soraya, Shiva
Rashedi, Vahid
Saeidi, Mahdieh
Hashemi, Pooria
Hadi, Fatemeh
Ahmadkhaniha, Hamidreza
Shalbafan, Mohammadreza
author_facet Soraya, Shiva
Rashedi, Vahid
Saeidi, Mahdieh
Hashemi, Pooria
Hadi, Fatemeh
Ahmadkhaniha, Hamidreza
Shalbafan, Mohammadreza
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description The most important practical concerns in addiction medicine are the non-substance addiction and related addictive behaviors among individuals with substance use disorder. On the other hand, technological advances, and easy access have increased the frequency of online sexual activities (OSAs) as one of these behaviors. This study aimed to compare the prevalence of OSAs, based on the Internet Sex Screening Test (ISST) scores, among 60 patients with substance use disorder referred to Iran Psychiatric Hospital and 60 non-dependent individuals. The results showed significant negative correlations between the ISST scores and age, age at the onset of substance use, and substance use duration. There was a significant difference between the ISST scores of the case and control groups (P = 0.001). Patients who start using substances at an early age and have a great duration of substance use are more likely to engage in other addictive behaviors such as OSAs. Therefore, it is critical to consider OSAs and other addictive behaviors in patients with substance use disorder to provide better care for this vulnerable community.
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spelling pubmed-93530212022-08-06 Comparison of Online Sexual Activity Among Iranian Individuals With and Without Substance Use Disorder: A Case-Control Study Soraya, Shiva Rashedi, Vahid Saeidi, Mahdieh Hashemi, Pooria Hadi, Fatemeh Ahmadkhaniha, Hamidreza Shalbafan, Mohammadreza Front Psychiatry Psychiatry The most important practical concerns in addiction medicine are the non-substance addiction and related addictive behaviors among individuals with substance use disorder. On the other hand, technological advances, and easy access have increased the frequency of online sexual activities (OSAs) as one of these behaviors. This study aimed to compare the prevalence of OSAs, based on the Internet Sex Screening Test (ISST) scores, among 60 patients with substance use disorder referred to Iran Psychiatric Hospital and 60 non-dependent individuals. The results showed significant negative correlations between the ISST scores and age, age at the onset of substance use, and substance use duration. There was a significant difference between the ISST scores of the case and control groups (P = 0.001). Patients who start using substances at an early age and have a great duration of substance use are more likely to engage in other addictive behaviors such as OSAs. Therefore, it is critical to consider OSAs and other addictive behaviors in patients with substance use disorder to provide better care for this vulnerable community. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9353021/ /pubmed/35935427 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.889528 Text en Copyright © 2022 Soraya, Rashedi, Saeidi, Hashemi, Hadi, Ahmadkhaniha and Shalbafan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Soraya, Shiva
Rashedi, Vahid
Saeidi, Mahdieh
Hashemi, Pooria
Hadi, Fatemeh
Ahmadkhaniha, Hamidreza
Shalbafan, Mohammadreza
Comparison of Online Sexual Activity Among Iranian Individuals With and Without Substance Use Disorder: A Case-Control Study
title Comparison of Online Sexual Activity Among Iranian Individuals With and Without Substance Use Disorder: A Case-Control Study
title_full Comparison of Online Sexual Activity Among Iranian Individuals With and Without Substance Use Disorder: A Case-Control Study
title_fullStr Comparison of Online Sexual Activity Among Iranian Individuals With and Without Substance Use Disorder: A Case-Control Study
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of Online Sexual Activity Among Iranian Individuals With and Without Substance Use Disorder: A Case-Control Study
title_short Comparison of Online Sexual Activity Among Iranian Individuals With and Without Substance Use Disorder: A Case-Control Study
title_sort comparison of online sexual activity among iranian individuals with and without substance use disorder: a case-control study
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9353021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35935427
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.889528
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