{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7204117150","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sexmed/qfag079","title":"Sex differences in digital dating app use and app-mediated sexual and health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis","display_name":"Sex differences in digital dating app use and app-mediated sexual and health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-07-02","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7204117150","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sexmed/qfag079","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42639274","pmcid":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/13502903"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1093/sexmed/qfag079","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sexmed/qfag079","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sexmed/qfag079","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2739331564","display_name":"Sexual Medicine","issn_l":"2050-1161","issn":["2050-1161"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-c","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","oarl","poland-70","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sexual Medicine","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"review","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sexmed/qfag079","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000284619","display_name":"Aysu Y\u0131ld\u0131z Karaahmet","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1134-9016","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1134-9016"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210104933","display_name":"Biruni University","ror":"https://ror.org/01nkhmn89","country_code":"TR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210104933"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Aysu Y\u0131ld\u0131z Karaahmet","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Biruni University, Istanbul 34010, T\u00fcrkiye"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1134-9016","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Biruni University, Istanbul 34010, T\u00fcrkiye","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210104933"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5087259326","display_name":"Fatma \u015eule Bilgi\u00e7","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5950-2553","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5950-2553"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I115953327","display_name":"\u00c7anakkale Onsekiz Mart \u00dcniversitesi","ror":"https://ror.org/05rsv8p09","country_code":"TR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I115953327"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Fatma \u015eule Bilgi\u00e7","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, \u00c7anakkale Onsekiz Mart University, \u00c7anakkale 17100, T\u00fcrkiye"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5950-2553","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, \u00c7anakkale Onsekiz Mart University, \u00c7anakkale 17100, T\u00fcrkiye","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I115953327"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015945232","display_name":"Duygu Di\u015fli \u00c7etin\u00e7ay","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3933-4556","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3933-4556"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I25010766","display_name":"Hali\u00e7 University","ror":"https://ror.org/022xhck05","country_code":"TR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I25010766"]}],"countries":["TR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Duygu Di\u015fli \u00c7etin\u00e7ay","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hali\u00e7 University, Istanbul 34545, T\u00fcrkiye"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3933-4556","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hali\u00e7 University, Istanbul 34545, T\u00fcrkiye","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I25010766"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5000284619"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210104933"],"apc_list":{"value":2750,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2750},"apc_paid":{"value":2750,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2750},"fwci":1.1574,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.65583174,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":91,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":"14","issue":"5","first_page":"qfag079","last_page":"qfag079"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12335","display_name":"Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology","score":0.7480000257492065,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3203","display_name":"Clinical Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12335","display_name":"Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology","score":0.7480000257492065,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3203","display_name":"Clinical Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13632","display_name":"Marriage and Sexual Relationships","score":0.0502999983727932,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10156","display_name":"LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy","score":0.04520000144839287,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dating-apps","display_name":"dating apps","score":0.9580000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sex-differences","display_name":"sex differences","score":0.9449999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sexual-behavior","display_name":"sexual behavior","score":0.8730000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sexual-health","display_name":"sexual health","score":0.8370000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sexual-function","display_name":"sexual function","score":0.9290000200271606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sexual-orientation","display_name":"sexual orientation","score":0.6669999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sexually-transmitted-infections","display_name":"sexually transmitted infections","score":0.8679999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/female-sexual-health","display_name":"women's sexual health","score":0.4519999921321869},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sex-stratified-analysis","display_name":"sex-stratified analysis","score":0.7269999980926514}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23131810","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q818574","display_name":"Observational study","level":2,"score":0.6545000076293945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777997956","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17888","display_name":"Sexual orientation","level":2,"score":0.5835999846458435},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781426162","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2275793","display_name":"Casual","level":2,"score":0.5800999999046326},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C150966472","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3410145","display_name":"Psychosocial","level":2,"score":0.5210999846458435},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121752807","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1981388","display_name":"Reproductive health","level":3,"score":0.45210000872612},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775871022","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7458776","display_name":"Sexual function","level":2,"score":0.42649999260902405},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.4065999984741211},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44249647","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208498","display_name":"Confidence interval","level":2,"score":0.3982999920845032},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C70410870","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199906","display_name":"Clinical psychology","level":1,"score":0.3898000121116638},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149923435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37732","display_name":"Demography","level":1,"score":0.3765000104904175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.37450000643730164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778093883","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1137463","display_name":"Sexual dysfunction","level":2,"score":0.3418999910354614},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205545832","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17156455","display_name":"Young adult","level":2,"score":0.33309999108314514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C143095724","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515895","display_name":"Odds","level":3,"score":0.31929999589920044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C189708586","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1504425","display_name":"Systematic review","level":3,"score":0.31769999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C7888106","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464859","display_name":"Sexual attraction","level":3,"score":0.3093000054359436},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C156957248","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1862216","display_name":"Odds ratio","level":2,"score":0.29809999465942383},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95190672","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q815382","display_name":"Meta-analysis","level":2,"score":0.2881999909877777},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2994102814","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17003131","display_name":"Sexual history","level":2,"score":0.28700000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780202899","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5873","display_name":"Sexual intercourse","level":3,"score":0.28519999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776939746","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853451","display_name":"Men who have sex with men","level":4,"score":0.26840001344680786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778973849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q589656","display_name":"Sexual minority","level":3,"score":0.25850000977516174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2993290233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q608","display_name":"Sexual behavior","level":2,"score":0.2554999887943268}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1093/sexmed/qfag079","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sexmed/qfag079","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sexmed/qfag079","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2739331564","display_name":"Sexual Medicine","issn_l":"2050-1161","issn":["2050-1161"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-c","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","oarl","poland-70","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sexual Medicine","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:13502903","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13502903/","pdf_url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13502903/pdf/qfag079.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764455111","display_name":"PubMed Central","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sex Med","raw_type":"Text"},{"id":"pmid:42639274","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42639274","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sexual medicine","raw_type":"Journal Article"},{"id":"pmh:4fb98449-304e-4777-a630-fafaee2721a3","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://avesis.comu.edu.tr/publication/details/4fb98449-304e-4777-a630-fafaee2721a3/oai","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407055198","display_name":"\u00c7anakkale Onsekiz Mart University AVESIS","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1093/sexmed/qfag079","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sexmed/qfag079","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/sexmed/qfag079","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2739331564","display_name":"Sexual Medicine","issn_l":"2050-1161","issn":["2050-1161"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","dongbi-c","doyens","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","oarl","poland-70","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Sexual Medicine","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.98580002784729,"display_name":"Good health and well-being","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3"},{"score":0.6025999784469604,"display_name":"Gender equality","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/5"},{"score":0.4074000120162964,"display_name":"Reduced inequalities","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/10"}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Systematic Review","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/systematic-review"},{"display_name":"Meta-Analysis","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/meta-analysis"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204117150.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204117150.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":32,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2293964245","https://openalex.org/W2474996480","https://openalex.org/W2567362164","https://openalex.org/W2896843805","https://openalex.org/W2897999929","https://openalex.org/W2951542070","https://openalex.org/W2953292115","https://openalex.org/W3083161361","https://openalex.org/W3093232482","https://openalex.org/W3153656761","https://openalex.org/W3159766223","https://openalex.org/W3172299607","https://openalex.org/W3186872733","https://openalex.org/W4293182385","https://openalex.org/W4321788111","https://openalex.org/W4323925630","https://openalex.org/W4388233476","https://openalex.org/W4390706563","https://openalex.org/W4391046884","https://openalex.org/W4393094121","https://openalex.org/W4399368531","https://openalex.org/W4401200843","https://openalex.org/W4404427099","https://openalex.org/W4404865202","https://openalex.org/W4408051450","https://openalex.org/W4410925831","https://openalex.org/W4413111267","https://openalex.org/W4413876514","https://openalex.org/W4415588009","https://openalex.org/W4416765182","https://openalex.org/W4416889348","https://openalex.org/W7117706090"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2753534358","https://openalex.org/W7113505508","https://openalex.org/W2886362896","https://openalex.org/W3159766223","https://openalex.org/W3186872733","https://openalex.org/W7167244089","https://openalex.org/W3102254614","https://openalex.org/W7204777029","https://openalex.org/W4415947222","https://openalex.org/W4387536746"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"Objective":[1],"This":[2],"systematic":[3],"review":[4,44],"and":[5,19,38,54,66,96,107,167,222,227,239,251,263],"meta-analysis":[6],"aimed":[7],"to":[8,128,171],"synthesize":[9],"sex-based":[10,189],"differences":[11,190],"in":[12,32,41,59,235,248,266],"dating":[13,74,130,147,236,268],"app":[14,75,131,148,237],"use,":[15,76],"app-mediated":[16,77,194],"sexual":[17,20,79,81,84,89,155,174,196,200,240,249],"behaviors,":[18,95,242],"health":[21],"outcomes":[22,223],"using":[23,111],"sex-stratified":[24,260],"quantitative":[25],"data":[26,47],"from":[27,48],"observational":[28,49,117],"studies.":[29],"Methods":[30],"Conducted":[31],"accordance":[33],"with":[34],"PRISMA":[35],"2020":[36],"guidelines":[37],"prospectively":[39],"registered":[40],"PROSPERO,":[42],"this":[43],"synthesized":[45],"sex-disaggregated":[46],"studies":[50,118],"published":[51],"between":[52],"2008":[53],"2025.Systematic":[55],"searches":[56],"were":[57,105,119,122,168,191],"performed":[58],"PubMed/MEDLINE,":[60],"Web":[61],"of":[62,73,88,98,154,199,203,259],"Science,":[63],"PsycINFO,":[64],"Scopus,":[65],"the":[67,112,257],"Cochrane":[68],"Library.":[69],"Outcomes":[70],"included":[71],"prevalence":[72],"casual":[78,195],"encounters,":[80,197],"function":[82,156,250],"outcomes,":[83],"orientation":[85,176],"distribution,":[86],"experience":[87,198],"intercourse,":[90,201],"online":[91,206],"versus":[92,207],"offline":[93,208],"partner-seeking":[94,209],"history":[97,202],"sexually":[99],"transmitted":[100],"infections":[101],"(STIs).":[102],"Random-effects":[103],"meta-analyses":[104],"conducted,":[106],"heterogeneity":[108,212],"was":[109,213],"assessed":[110],"I2":[113,143,164,183],"statistic.":[114],"Results":[115],"Twenty-two":[116],"included.":[120],"Women":[121],"significantly":[123],"less":[124,169],"likely":[125,170],"than":[126],"men":[127],"report":[129,172,232],"use":[132,238,258],"(odds":[133],"ratio":[134],"[OR]":[135],"=":[136,144,159,165,178,184],"0.46,":[137],"95%":[138,161,180],"confidence":[139],"interval":[140],"[CI],":[141],"0.28-0.77;":[142],"97%).":[145],"Among":[146],"users,":[149],"women":[150,244],"had":[151],"lower":[152],"odds":[153],"impairment":[157],"(OR":[158,177],"0.37,":[160],"CI,":[162,181],"0.20-0.66;":[163],"88%)":[166],"a":[173],"minority":[175],"0.34,":[179],"0.16-0.69;":[182],"92%).":[185],"No":[186],"statistically":[187],"significant":[188],"observed":[192],"for":[193],"STIs,":[204],"or":[205],"behaviors.":[210],"Substantial":[211],"present":[214],"across":[215],"all":[216],"outcomes.":[217,253],"Conclusion":[218],"Dating":[219],"app\u2013related":[220],"behaviors":[221],"differ":[224],"by":[225],"sex":[226],"are":[228],"not":[229],"sex-neutral.":[230],"Men":[231],"higher":[233],"engagement":[234],"risk\u2013related":[241],"whereas":[243],"show":[245],"distinct":[246],"patterns":[247],"psychosocial":[252],"These":[254],"findings":[255],"support":[256],"analytical":[261],"frameworks":[262],"sex-sensitive":[264],"interventions":[265],"digital":[267],"contexts.":[269]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-13T13:42:25.865203","created_date":"2026-08-25T00:00:00"}