La disfunción sexual femenina es muy frecuente

Una encuesta de 32.000 mujeres, ha puesto de manifiesto que el 43% sufre algún tipo de alteración sexual. Los investigadores del Hospital General de Massachusetts, de Boston, dicen que casi la mitad de las mujeres tienen alguna pequeño problema sexual, y en 12% se produce malestar por ello.

Entre las mujeres de 18 a 102 años se comunicó bajo nivel de deseo sexual, 26% tienen problemas con la excitación, y 21% para alcanzar el orgasmo. Los investigadores realizaron un cuestionario y diferentes escalas de felicidad y satisfacción para estudiar los casos. Según el Instituto Nacional de la Salud de EEUU, dificultad sexual corresponde durante cualquier estadío del acto sexual (deseo, excitación, orgasmo y resolución) que impide el disfrute de la actividad sexual individual o de la pareja. La mayor prevalencia de disfunción sexual se dió en las mujeres mayores, pero este grupo se angustió menos por su padecimiento que las mujeres jóvenes (45-64 años).

Jan L. Shifren, Brigitta U. Monz,Patricia A. Russo, Anthony Segreti, and Catherine B. Johannes. Sexual Problems and Distress in United States Women.

To estimate the prevalence of self-reported sexual problems (any, desire, arousal, and orgasm), the prevalence of problems accompanied by personal distress, and to describe related correlates. ^The 31,581 female respondents aged 18 years and older were from 50,002 households sampled from a national research panel representative of U.S. women. Correlates of each distressing sexual problem were evaluated using multiple logistic regression techniques. The age-adjusted point prevalence of any sexual problem was 43.1% and 22.2% for sexually related personal distress (defined as a score of at least 15 on Female Sexual Distress Scale). Any distressing sexual problem (defined as reporting both a sexual problem and sexually related personal distress, Female Sexual Distress Scale score of at least 15) occurred in 12.0% of respondents and was more common in women aged 45–64 years (14.8%) than in younger (10.8%) or older (8.9%) women. Correlates of distressing sexual problems included poor self-assessed health, low education level, depression, anxiety, thyroid conditions, and urinary incontinence. The prevalence of distressing sexual problems peaked in middle-aged women and was considerably lower than the prevalence of sexual problems. This underlines the importance of assessing the prevalence of sexually related personal distress in accurately estimating the prevalence of sexual problems that may require clinical intervention.

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