Imagen corporal y su relación con la función sexual en mujeres que laboran en el Distrito de Salud Sucúa, 2023

Abstract

Background: Body image dissatisfaction leads to adverse physical and social psychological consequences that has emerged as an important factor affecting sexual functioning in women. General objective: determine the relationship between body image and sexual function in women who work in the Sucúa Health District, 2023. Methodology: observational, cross-sectional analytical study - prospective. 197 women aged 21 to 60 who met the inclusion criteria participated. The “Body Shape Questionnaire” and the “Female Sexual Function Index” were used. The analysis was carried out with descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation were applied for quantitative variables, as well as frequencies and percentages for qualitative ones. A bivariate analysis was performed for association variables using Rho Spearman and chi square tests. Results: ages between 21 to 39 years with 71.1%; 33% married and 42.1% attended higher education. The majority had a heterosexual orientation and indicated that they had started their sexual life between 14 and 17 years of age, having had between 2 and 5 sexual partners and with a sexual frequency of 2 to 3 times a week, with vaginal relations. 33.6% presented dissatisfaction with body image, the desire domain was the most altered (53.8%). Body image satisfaction was not related to sexual function or its domains (p>0.05). Conclusion: The correlation between body image satisfaction and female sexual function was moderate (rho= -.062, p>0.05)