title: Sexual Pain Disorders in Spanish Women Drug Users.
abstract: The impact of pain in sexuality, couple relationships and the quality of life is very well known.
  
  
  
  The relationship between substance abuse and the presence of sexual pain disorder is assessed, together with anxiety and sexual attitudes .
  
  
  
  Two samples were selected. One sample for women with a history of substance abuse (n = 129), and another one of women nonconsumers (n = 129). The Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS), the Sexual Opinion Survey (SOS) and the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaires were used.
  
  
  
  The results indicate that women consumers obtained a higher mean scores in sexual pain disorder (4.88 > 2.89, that is 65.12%), plus higher mean scores on state anxiety (23.82 > 14.56) and trait anxiety (30.93 > 16.95), and lower average figure in erotophilia (84.93 < 95.81). It was also verified that the period of abstinence does not improve sexual response.
  
  
  
  Substance consumption affects sexual response in women negatively. Sexual response does not improve with abstinence period.
authors.affiliation: a Instituto Andaluz de Sexología y Psicología , Málaga , Spain.|b Department of Psychology , University of Cádiz , Cádiz , Spain.
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Del Río
authors.affiliation: a Instituto Andaluz de Sexología y Psicología , Málaga , Spain.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cabello-Santamaría
authors.affiliation: a Instituto Andaluz de Sexología y Psicología , Málaga , Spain.
authors.forename: Marina A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cabello-García
authors.affiliation: c Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology "José Mataix ,", Granada , Spain.
authors.forename: Jerónimo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aragón-Vela
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D055030:Drug Users; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D015995:Prevalence; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: GRISS; SOS; STAI; Sexual pain; drugs; genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder; women