Quality of Sex Life and Perceived Sexual Pleasure of PrEP Users in the Netherlands
Issued Date
2022-01-01
Resource Type
ISSN
00224499
eISSN
15598519
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85107926617
Pubmed ID
34128741
Journal Title
Journal of Sex Research
Volume
59
Issue
3
Start Page
303
End Page
308
Rights Holder(s)
SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Journal of Sex Research Vol.59 No.3 (2022) , 303-308
Suggested Citation
Van Dijk M., De Wit J.B.F., Guadamuz T.E., Martinez J.E., Jonas K.J. Quality of Sex Life and Perceived Sexual Pleasure of PrEP Users in the Netherlands. Journal of Sex Research Vol.59 No.3 (2022) , 303-308. 308. doi:10.1080/00224499.2021.1931653 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/87062
Title
Quality of Sex Life and Perceived Sexual Pleasure of PrEP Users in the Netherlands
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Abstract
Next to its benefits for HIV prevention, PrEP may have psychosocial benefits relating to improved quality of sex life. The aim of the current study was to investigate the onset of changes in the quality of sex life and sexual pleasure of PrEP users in the first months of commencing PrEP use. Moreover, we investigated what factors were related to the quality of sex life of PrEP users. We recruited 145 participants via the Dutch PrEP-advocacy website PrEPnu.nl, and they received follow-up questionnaires after three and six months. We found that PrEP users reported an increase in the quality of their sex life, which was related to reduced fear of HIV since they started using PrEP but not to decreased condom use. PrEP users were more interested in experimenting with sex practices, but they did not always feel more desirable as a sex partner because of PrEP use. Health-care providers and health promotion campaigns could emphasize the positive effects of PrEP on the quality of sex life, in addition to the HIV-preventive effects of PrEP, to decrease PrEP stigma and increase PrEP uptake.
