Abstract

Objectives

Female sexual functioning and satisfaction are affected by the presence of sexual difficulties. The current study examines differences in sexual satisfaction according to three groups of women: (i) clinical sexual difficulties assessed by the Female Sexual Functioning Index (FSFI) cutoff; (ii) self-perceived sexual difficulties at a non-clinical level; and (iii) sexually healthy.

Methods

A convenience sample of 329 Portuguese women, with a mean age of 28.69 (SD = 8.78), answered a specific question on the presence of self-perceived sexual difficulties, the Sexual Satisfaction Scale for Women and the FSFI. From the 329 women, 56 were assigned to the group with clinical sexual difficulties, 60 were assigned to the group with self-perceived sexual difficulties at non-clinical level, and 213 constituted the sexually healthy group.

Results

Sexually healthy women were more sexually satisfied compared with women who self-perceived sexual difficulties and women who had clinical sexual difficulties according to the FSFI. In addition, women who self-perceived sexual difficulties were also more sexually satisfied compared to women with clinical sexual difficulties according to the FSFI.

Conclusions

Women's sexual satisfaction was negatively affected by sexual difficulties assessed by the FSFI cutoff. Although with less impact, self-perceived sexual difficulties also negatively affect women's sexual satisfaction.

中文翻译：

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葡萄牙女性的性满意度：临床、自我认知和不存在性困难的女性之间的差异

 抽象的

 目标

女性性功能和满意度会受到性困难的影响。目前的研究根据三组女性调查了性满意度的差异：（i）通过女性性功能指数（FSFI）截止值评估的临床性困难； (ii) 非临床水平上自我感知的性困难； (iii) 性健康。

 方法

329 名葡萄牙女性的方便样本，平均年龄为 28.69 岁（SD = 8.78），回答了关于是否存在自我感知的性困难、女性性满意度量表和 FSFI 的具体问题。在 329 名女性中，56 名被分配到临床性困难组，60 名被分配到非临床水平的自我感知性困难组，213 名构成性健康组。

 结果

根据 FSFI，性健康的女性比自我感知性困难的女性和临床性性困难的女性更能获得性满足。此外，根据 FSFI 的数据，与临床性性困难的女性相比，自我感知性困难的女性性满意度也更高。

 结论

女性的性满意度受到 FSFI 截止值评估的性困难的负面影响。尽管影响较小，但自我感知的性困难也会对女性的性满意度产生负面影响。