Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. The use of social networks has been increasing worldwide. Mobile websites and applications apps allow people to network more quickly and have more partners for sex.
This can facilitate risky sexual behaviours, such as having multiple partners and unprotected sex, which can lead to a higher incidence of sexually transmitted infections. This systematic review and meta-analysis will include studies investigating the use of mobile apps by women, risky sexual behaviour and sexually transmitted infections. The outcome will be an increase in new cases of sexually transmitted infections and HIV among women using dating sites and apps.
Three independent reviewers will select the studies and extract data from the original articles. To assess heterogeneity, we will compute the I 2 statistic. In addition, a quantitative synthesis will be carried out if the included studies are sufficiently homogeneous. This study will be a review of the published data, and thus ethical approval is not required. The findings of this systematic review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal. This systematic review and meta-analysis will combine the results of different studies that have comparable effect sizes and can be computed.
After selecting the articles, three reviewers will independently extract the data and assess risk of bias. There is a possibility that the sample size will be small, and there will be a limited number of studies because few studies have focused on the use of applications and sexual encounters. Different types of mobile applications and dating sites can cause considerable heterogeneity, which can limit the generation of convincing conclusions.
Technological advances have created virtual reality and digital media eg, cellphones, tablets, websites and social networks , infinitely expanding access to communication and making digital reality part of the daily lives of individuals. From to , an increase in the use of these apps was observed. With the proliferation of dating sites and apps and their increased use, users have the opportunity to have more casual sexual encounters, resulting in unsafe sexual practices, increasing the chances of getting a sexually transmitted infection STI.
