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- Title
Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Women's Satisfaction with Their Sexual Life and Its Relationship with the Use of Psychotropic Drugs: A Cross-Sectional Study.
- Authors
Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández, Regina; Santolalla-Arnedo, Iván; Garrido-Santamaría, Rosana; Czapla, Michał; Tejada-Garrido, Clara Isabel; Sánchez-González, Juan Luis; Sapiña-Beltrán, Esther; Iriarte-Moreda, Verónica; Colado-Tello, María Estela; Gea-Caballero, Vicente; Juárez-Vela, Raúl
- Abstract
Sexual satisfaction (SS) is defined as an affective response arising from one's subjective evaluation of the positive and negative dimensions associated with one's sexual relationship. It is an important indicator of health. In women, SS has an important personal component consisting of the physical experiences of pleasure and the positive feelings and emotions that they experience in their affective-sexual relationships. The socioeconomic position is determined by income, educational level, and work, and it conditions women's sexual health. We aimed to assess whether social determinants of health (income, education, work, and gender) are associated with women's sexual satisfaction and to identify whether the impact of social determinants on sexual satisfaction differs with psychotropic consumption. We conducted a cross-sectional study designed to assess the association between variables related to the social determinants of health (work, education, income, and gender) and sexual satisfaction in women of reproductive age in La Rioja (Spain). The women in this study ranged in age from 17 to 52 years, with a mean age of 33.4 (Standar Deviation 8.6). Most were Spanish (82.9%), had undertaken non-compulsory specialized education (84%), and worked (72.7%). Regarding their relationships, 87% maintained monogamous relationships, 84.5% had stable relationships, and 65.7% lived with their partners. In total, 12.3% of the women were taking psychotropic drugs prescribed for the treatment of anxiety and/or depression. We observed that SS is significantly lower among women who have only undertaken compulsory education (Student-t = −4.745; p < 0.01), in those who have unstable affective-sexual relationships (Student-t = −2.553; p < 0.01), and in those who take psychotropic drugs (Student-t = −4.180, p < 0.01). We conclude that the social determinants of health such as education, not continuing to study beyond compulsory education, gender, and taking psychoactive drugs have a significant impact on women's degree of satisfaction with their sexual life.
- Subjects
LA Rioja (Spain); SEXUAL excitement; SOCIAL determinants of health; PSYCHIATRIC drugs; WOMEN'S health; CHILDBEARING age; PLEASURE
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022, Vol 11, Issue 9, p2320
- ISSN
2077-0383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jcm11092320