Open AccessSexual dysfunctions in young university women: a cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Emanuelle Rocha da Purificação,
Adriana Paiva Camargo Saraiva,
Daniel Dominguez Ferraz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista de pesquisa em fisioterapia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2238-2704
DOI - 10.17267/2238-2704rpf.v11i2.3612
Subject(s) - orgasm , medicine , sexual dysfunction , cross sectional study , arousal , erectile dysfunction , population , sexual arousal , association (psychology) , clinical psychology , demography , physical therapy , sexual behavior , psychiatry , psychology , environmental health , pathology , neuroscience , sociology , psychotherapist
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in young college women. METHODS: This is a descriptive analytical cross-sectional study. A total of 111 heterosexual women, students of the physiotherapy course of the Federal University of Bahia participated in this study. Each participant answered two self-administered questionnaires “Investigation of associated factors” and “Sex ratio - female version” between September and October 2019. RESULTS: A prevalence of 8% of sexual dysfunction was found in this population. The symptom of evacuatory effort was associated with worse performance / sexual satisfaction by the total SQ-F score (p=0.03) and when assessed by grouping of questions an association was found between evacuatory effort and worse arousal (p=0.01), evacuatory effort and pain (p=0.04); urinary urgency and pain (p=0.04); violence and arousal (p=0.05); and violence and less satisfaction/orgasm (p=0.02). CONCLUSION: The results suggest that there is a low prevalence of sexual dysfunction in the studied population, but there is an association between symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction and sexual dysfunction in young women.