The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on pornography habits: a global analysis of Google Trends.

Autor: Zattoni F; Department of Urology, Department of Medical Area (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy., Gül M; Department of Urology, Selcuk University School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey., Soligo M; Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology-Urology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy., Morlacco A; Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology-Urology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy., Motterle G; Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology-Urology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy., Collavino J; Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology-Urology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy., Barneschi AC; Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology-Urology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy., Moschini M; Department of Urology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Spitalstrasse, Luzern, Switzerland., Moro FD; Department of Urology, Department of Medical Area (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy. fabio.zattoni@asuiud.sanita.fvg.it.; Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology-Urology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. fabio.zattoni@asuiud.sanita.fvg.it.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of impotence research [Int J Impot Res] 2020 Dec; Vol. 33 (8), pp. 824-831. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 28.
DOI: 10.1038/s41443-020-00380-w
Abstrakt: As the COVID-19 spread globally, social distancing, self-isolation/quarantine, and national lockdowns have become crucial to control the pandemic. However, these measures may also lead to increases in social isolation, loneliness, and stress, which can alter the consumption of pornography habits. The aim of the study was thus to explore the interest pattern in pornography and coronavirus-themed pornography during the COVID-19 outbreak. Google Trends® was employed to determine the most popular porn websites (Porn, XNXX, PornHub, xVideos, and xHamster), and coronavirus-themed pornography worldwide and in six nations with different COVID-19 outbreak and self-isolation recommendations. We analyzed every search trend on Google® from January 9, 2020 to May 25, 2020 using "joint point regression analysis". Comparisons of week relative search volume (WRSV) and temporal patterns were analyzed to assess the change of interest in search terms during nations lockdowns. Paired t-test was used to compare WRSV values among the porn websites during the national lockdowns and the equivalent timespan of the weeks in the previous 4 years. The research trend of almost every keyword increased with significant inflection points for those nations with a straight "stay at home orders" (China, Italy, Spain, and France). "PornHub" and "Porn" showed the highest increase of interest worldwide with an average weekend percentage change (AWPC) of 4.9 and 3.8, respectively. The mean WRSV for keywords in USA and Sweden did not show a similar increase as the other nations. The WRSV percentage change with the historical data had a peak during the straight nations' lockdowns (p < 0.01). All the nations had a significant increase in WRSV coronavirus-themed pornography for each keyword (p < 0.01) with an AWPC, ranging worldwide between 18.5 and 61.8 (p < 0.01), after the beginning of self-quarantine. As strengths this study uses a big data technology to collect worldwide trend of interest, however, data are anonymous and do not allow analysis of subpopulation groups. In conclusion, we demonstrated an increased interest in pornography and coronavirus-themed pornography after the outbreak of COVID-19 in nations with a straight "stay at home orders".
(© 2020. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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