[Female sexual function and related factors].
OBJECTIVE
To appraise female sexual function and to describe the factors that most commonly accompany dysfunction.


METHODS
Transversal, descriptive study.


METHODS
Primary care.


METHODS
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.


METHODS
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.
Artiles Pérez
Vanesa
V
Medicina de Familia, Centro de Salud de Nazaret, 46017 Valencia, Spain.
Gutiérrez Sigler
M Dolores
MD
Sanfélix Genovés
José
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000453:epidemiology; D019529:Sexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires