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Prevalence of sexual dysfunction and its characteristics, in women of the Valencian Community (spain). Results obtained with the sexual function questionnaire for women WSF.

F, Sanchez Sanchez^*,1, M, Perez Conchillo², JJ, Borras Valls³, O, Gomez Llorens⁴, J, Aznar Vicente⁵, A, Caballero Martin De Las Mulas⁶, ¹ Servicio Valenciano de Salud, ROTGLÁ, VALENCIA, Spain² INSTITUTO ESPILL, VALENCIA, VALENCIA, SPAIN³ INSTITUTO ESPILL, VALENCIA, VALENCIA, SPAIN⁴ INSTITUTO ESPILL, VALENCIA, VALENCIA, SPAIN⁵ SICC-APM, VALENCIA, VALENCIA, SPAIN⁶ CLINICA LA COSTERA, XATIVA, VALENCIA, SPAIN

ABSTRACT- Objective: To know the prevalence sexual dysfunction (SD) in healthy women of the Valencian Community and their characteristics. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional and multicentric study in healthy women of 18 to 65 years, excluding those with treatments or pathologies from recognized influence on the sexual function. Each woman compliments the questionnaire on Women's Sexual Function (WSF) (Sanchez F et al. Aten Primaria 2004;34:286-292), self-administered, of 14 questions and fast accomplishment (5-10 minutes), validating in Spanish. Descriptive statistic was made, bivariant and multivariant analysis (Stepwise Backward) using statistical package SPSS v. 11; used techniques: t-Student and ² of Pearson). Results: 212 women include themselves, of average age 40,5±10,9 years, all of them with sexual activity. Overall prevalence of SD: 27,4%. Prevalence of SD in the different dominions of sexual activity: Affectation of desire: 16,5% of the women; affectation of the excitation: 13,2%; problems with the lubrication: 14,2%; problems of orgasm: 9,4%; problems with the vaginal penetration: 5,2% (without differentiating between dyspareunia and vaginismus); anticipated anxiety to the sexual activity: 7,5%. Average age of the women with SD: 44,8±11,2 and without SD 38,9± 10,4 (t=-3,54, p<0,001). By professions: greater prevalence of SD between the housewives (41.95% of them) and the services sector (26.8% of them) ² =10,95, p<0,05); smaller prevalence between agricultural and industrial workers, sanitary personnel, education personnel and students. The SD frequency is increased according to descends the level from studies (²=22,8, p<0,001). Smaller frequency of sexual activity between the women with SD (²=18,9, p<0,001). The sexual disorder usually affects to more of a dominion (p<0,001). Conclusions: The overall prevalence of SD is 27,4%. The profile of the woman with greater risk of undergoing it is: woman greater age, housewife, with smaller level of studies. The WSF questionnaire that follows the criteria of the DSM-IV-TR proposes a new model to approach the "sexual disorders by pain", by means of a new dominion: "problems with the vaginal penetration", which does not discriminate between dyspareunia and vaginismus.

Key words: Prevalence, sexual dysfunction, WSF questionnaire, women, sexual activity