Abstract
Objective: To determine the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in non-pregnant, pregnant, and postpartum women, and its association with potential risk factors. Methods: Cross-sectional study composed of 419 women, who attend public health units, from April to August 2019, in Rio Branco, Acre. The volunteers were subjected to a self-report questionnaire previously validated at national level: The Sexual Quotient-Female version. Results: Based on the total number of responses, 35.6% of the participants had sexual dysfunction. Of those, almost half of the volunteers (42%) were unemployed (p = 0.003). In the sexual desire and orgasm domains, the average score was higher among women during pregnancy (2.8203) (3,4844) than in the puerperal women (2.3454) (2,0912), respectively (p<0,05). Regarding pain, 30.1% answered "always" for its incidence during sexual intercourse. Age alone does not influence the sexual function of the participants, (r <1 and p> 0.05). Conclusion: The present study unveiled an important percentage of sexual dysfunction, predominantly in the pain subdomain. In addition, a significant difference was found in the sexual desire and orgasm domains, with higher scores found in pregnant women compared to puerperal women. Another fact was the higher percentage of sexual dysfunction in unemployed women.