Dr. Bander Alkhudairi, Research and teaching at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre.
Dr. Hasan Alkhudairi, Medical doctor at KFSHRC
Dr. Nahed Alsayed, Nursing Research Senior specialist
Hala Alasiry, Coordinator , Research Technical Assistan Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Scientific Computing Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.
Abeer Alfirm, Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Scientific Computing Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.
The study was exploring the situation of Arab regions where sexual matters are considered as offensive topic unlike in the Europe and the US where sexual matters openly discussed. The research is focusing on Saudi Arabia where patients are often suffer silently for extended periods because of the fear of talking about their sexual health issues. The present study aiming to explore the adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by Saudi citizens in seeking information about sexual health matters. The study further evaluated the key factors that would lead to the adoption of ICT in this matter and the various barriers preventing people from using the internet to gain information. Research instrument used to collect data is questionnaire with the aim to discover the various ways in which technology is being used by couples, partners and healthcare professionals to express sexual health concerns. The research employs the use of a 22 question questionnaire which is to be filed anonymously by respondents. The result showed that while most of the respondents had access to the internet only 18% had accessed consultation services regarding sexual health from either mobile applications or the internet. However, this low figure is because many of the respondents were unaware that they could access useful sexual health information using technology. In the conclusion, the study also shows that most of the respondents would be willing to use ICT technology for sexual health consultation as long as their privacy was guaranteed.