NATSAL deftly adapted their questionnaire content to reflect our new pandemic world #vBASHH21
Reduction in new sexual partners across all age groups during COVID
Fewer incidences of sex during COVID, but had already been dropping pre-pandemic. Will it continue or resurge in future?
1 in 9 reported new sexual difficulties during lockdown, but similar pre- and during-pandemic rates of dissatisfaction, distress and avoidance of sex. #vBASHH21
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Time for the keynote speech from #PaddyHorner: Is there a hidden burden of disease as a result of epigenetic epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition following chlamydial genital infection? #vBASHH21
Kicking off the short oral abstract session: #MiriamRingshall discussing chemsex, Doxy STI PrEP and influence of the pandemic on sex behaviour in Brighton MSM
High rates of drug use inc. chems, STIPrEP, multiple sexual partners. How does this compare to your service users? And how do you support? Apps may be helpful #vBASHH21
Next: Tia Hunjan describing possible pathophysiology of hypoactive sexual desire disorder, which is commoner in young women with an estimated prevalence of 10%