Sexual dysfunction and physical activity in university women Disfunción sexual y actividad física en mujeres universitarias

Abstract

Female sexual dysfunctions are described as a
problem that affects sexual health in women. It has
been described that the level of physical activity
may be related to these dysfunctions, taking into
account its physiological, mechanical and hormonal
influence, which could generate effects. in the sexual
component. Objective: determine the relationship
between the level of physical activity and female
sexual function. Method: Quantitative, descriptive,
cross-sectional study based on the application of
the instrument called the female sexual function
index and the IPAQ questionnaire, a univariate
and bivariate statistical analysis was carried out,
the data processing was carried out with the IBM
SPSS Statistics 25 statistical package. Results:
134 university women participated, 52% from the
Occupational Therapy program and 48% from
Physiotherapy, young population with an average
age of 22 years, 98% of the population belong to the
three lowest socioeconomic levels, are single, without
children and classify their gender as heterosexual,
the most used planning method was the subdermal
implant with 23% and 68% reported having a stable
sexual partner. 31% of the participants state that
their sexual relations are affected by the academic
load, while 5% by the workload. A moderate level of
physical activity was found in 41% and low in 30%.
Of the students, 83% have sexual dysfunction, with
desire disorder being the most referred with 24%,
followed by orgasm and global satisfaction with
21% respectively; Regarding the association of the
variables, no statistically significant relationship was
found. Conclusion: there is a high prevalence of sexual
dysfunctions in the participating women, however
no association was found with the level of physical
activity.