title: [Female sexual function and related factors].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Medicina de Familia, Centro de Salud de Nazaret, 46017 Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Vanesa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Artiles Pérez
authors.forename: M Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez Sigler
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanfélix Genovés
mesh_terms: 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