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Sexual Pain Disorders in Spanish Women Drug Users
Francisco Javier Del Río1,2, Francisco Cabello-Santamaría1, Marina A Cabello-García1
1a Instituto Andaluz de Sexología y Psicología , Málaga , Spain.
Background:
The impact of pain in sexuality, couple relationships and the quality of life is very well known.
Objectives:
The relationship between substance abuse and the presence of sexual pain disorder is assessed, together with anxiety and sexual attitudes .
Method:
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.
Results:
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.
Conclusions:
Substance consumption affects sexual response in women negatively. Sexual response does not improve with abstinence period.