Dr. Bander Alkhudairi, Research and teaching at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre.
Tahani Alkhudairi
Dr. Nahed Saad Alsayed, Nursing Research Senior specialist
Hala Alasiry, Coordinator , Research Technical Assistan Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Scientific Computing Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.
Abeer Turki Alfirm, Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Scientific Computing Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.
Saudi Arabia is a Muslim nation where individuals do no traditionally express their sexuality openly unlike in the West. Patients are normally embarrassed to talk about sex-related health concerns even with their doctors. This study was undertaken to explore the different technological platforms that are used to express concerns about sex among couples, partners, and healthcare professionals in Saudi Arabia. The study also evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of technology in sexuality. It focuses on existing research on how technological advancements such as mobile applications have impacted sexual health around the world. Methodology used for this is quantitative which was done by employing the use of questionnaires to obtain the needed information in a form that is easy to analyse. Between 100 and 150 respondents were targeted for personal interaction and a similar number were targeted for the online survey. The results from the study revealed that 98% of them could access the internet either at their workplace or at home. However, most of the respondents (79%) were not aware of online medical platforms where they could access professional information about their sexual health. Conclusively, this shows that most people in Saudi Arabia have yet to exploit the full potential of technology in accessing information about sexual health matters. The limitation of the study is that it had a very small sample size which could make the generalisation of the results as a representation of the entire Saudi population, a bit challenging.