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Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández R, Santolalla-Arnedo I, Garrido-Santamaría R, Czapla M, Tejada-Garrido CI, Sánchez-González JL, Sapiña-Beltrán E, Iriarte-Moreda V, Colado-Tello ME, Gea-Caballero V, Juárez-Vela R. 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. J Clin Med 2022; 11:2320. [PMID: 35566444 PMCID: PMC9104025 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11092320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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.
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Affiliation(s)
- Regina Ruiz de Viñaspre-Hernández
- Research Group in Care GRUPAC, Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain; (R.R.d.V.-H.); (R.G.-S.); (M.C.); (E.S.-B.); (V.I.-M.); (M.E.C.-T.); (R.J.-V.)
- Rioja Health Service SERIS, Government of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain
| | - Iván Santolalla-Arnedo
- Research Group in Care GRUPAC, Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain; (R.R.d.V.-H.); (R.G.-S.); (M.C.); (E.S.-B.); (V.I.-M.); (M.E.C.-T.); (R.J.-V.)
| | - Rosana Garrido-Santamaría
- Research Group in Care GRUPAC, Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain; (R.R.d.V.-H.); (R.G.-S.); (M.C.); (E.S.-B.); (V.I.-M.); (M.E.C.-T.); (R.J.-V.)
- Rioja Health Service SERIS, Government of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain
| | - Michał Czapla
- Research Group in Care GRUPAC, Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain; (R.R.d.V.-H.); (R.G.-S.); (M.C.); (E.S.-B.); (V.I.-M.); (M.E.C.-T.); (R.J.-V.)
- Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Innovative Technologies, Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroclaw, Poland
| | - Clara Isabel Tejada-Garrido
- Research Group in Care GRUPAC, Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain; (R.R.d.V.-H.); (R.G.-S.); (M.C.); (E.S.-B.); (V.I.-M.); (M.E.C.-T.); (R.J.-V.)
| | | | - Esther Sapiña-Beltrán
- Research Group in Care GRUPAC, Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain; (R.R.d.V.-H.); (R.G.-S.); (M.C.); (E.S.-B.); (V.I.-M.); (M.E.C.-T.); (R.J.-V.)
| | - Verónica Iriarte-Moreda
- Research Group in Care GRUPAC, Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain; (R.R.d.V.-H.); (R.G.-S.); (M.C.); (E.S.-B.); (V.I.-M.); (M.E.C.-T.); (R.J.-V.)
- Rioja Health Service SERIS, Government of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain
| | - María Estela Colado-Tello
- Research Group in Care GRUPAC, Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain; (R.R.d.V.-H.); (R.G.-S.); (M.C.); (E.S.-B.); (V.I.-M.); (M.E.C.-T.); (R.J.-V.)
- Rioja Health Service SERIS, Government of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain
| | - Vicente Gea-Caballero
- Faculty of Health Sciences, International University of Valencia, 46002 Valencia, Spain;
| | - Raúl Juárez-Vela
- Research Group in Care GRUPAC, Department of Nursing, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain; (R.R.d.V.-H.); (R.G.-S.); (M.C.); (E.S.-B.); (V.I.-M.); (M.E.C.-T.); (R.J.-V.)
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