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. 2008 Nov 18;38(6):339–344. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1157/13093371

Función sexual femenina y factores relacionados

Female sexual function and related factors

Vanesa Artiles Pérez a,, M Dolores Gutiérrez Sigler b, José Sanfélix Genovés c
PMCID: PMC7669079  PMID: 17173798

Abstract

Objectives

To appraise female sexual function and to describe the factors that most commonly accompany dysfunction.

Design

Transversal, descriptive study.

Setting

Primary care.

Participants

Two-hundred and twenty-three women from 18 to 76 seen at an urban health centre between November 2004 and February 2005 and who wanted to take part in the study.

Main measurements

These were collected in an anonymous questionnaire structured in 5 sections with 53 items. The questionnaire comprised social and economic, cultural and life-style variables; female sexual function (FSF); and perception of own state of health (SF-12). A binary logistical regression analysis was run.

Results

Female sexuality reaches its maximum expression at 30-35 years (FSF=30.0, 95% CI, 28.3-31.6). Risk factors for sexual dysfunction were: age over 44 and religion (OR, 6.5; 95% CI, 2.8-15); physical component on the SF-12 below 37 (OR, 3; 95% CI, 1.3-7.2); mental component on the SF-12 below 31 (OR, 3.1; 95% CI, 1.2-7.8). Not having a stable partner was a risk factor for arousal (OR, 9.6; 95% CI, 2.8-24.0); for lubrication (OR, 9.3; 95% CI, 4.0-21.5); for orgasm (OR, 8.8; 95% CI, 3.1-24.8); and for dyspareunia (OR, 8.9; 95% CI, 3.9-20.5). It was not a risk factor for desire or satisfaction with sexual life.

Conclusions

The profile of sexual dysfunction consisted of a woman aged over 44 without a stable partner, who practised religion, was unemployed and had perception of low quality of life.

Key words: Sexual desire, Female sexual function, Primary care

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