Personality Traits of Postmenopausal Women with Sexual Dysfunction

The aim of the present study is to identify the association between personality traits of postmenopausal women and the occurrence of sexual dysfunction.

Methods

A total of 43 postmenopausal women were evaluated according to their self-perception of the quality of their sexual life. They answered the following questionnaires: Sociodemographic Profile Questionnaire, Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Factorial Personality Inventory (FPI-II).

Results

Women with poorer sexual self-perception showed low affective need (p< 0.01) and low need for organization (p< 0.01). Based on the need for control and opposition, there was no difference between the groups. Groups separated by the scores obtained on the FSFI showed no significant differences.

Conclusion

Postmenopausal women with lower schooling and personality characteristics that demonstrate low affective and organizational needs are more likely to present sexual dysfunction.

Keywords
Sexual Dysfunction; personality; women's health; postmenopausal; FPI-II

Variables	Poor sexual self-perceptionn =21	Good sexual self-perceptionn= 22
Variables	Median (95% CI)		p-value*
Age	52 (49.4–57.0)	54 (51–57.0)	0.542
BDI	9 (7–22.0)	13 (6–16.1)	0.679
FSFI	15 (9.9–20.5)	22.9 (16.4–27.1)	0.025
FPI—N. Control^I	60 (45–70)	65 (44.3–85)	0.550
FPI—N. Affective^II	5 (5–5)	57.5 (34.3–85)	< 0.01
FPI—N. Organization^III	5 (5–5)	27.5 (9.6–65.3)	< 0.01
	n (%)		p-value**
Complete high school
No	16 (69.6)	7 (30.4)	0.004
Yes	5 (25)	15 (75)	0.004
Paid work
No	15 (57.7)	11 (42.3)	0.151
Yes	6 (35.3)	11 (64.7)	0.151

Variables	With sexual dysfunctionn= 34	No sexual dysfunctionn= 9	p-value ^d p-value: - Mann-Whitney test (CI: 95%).
Variables	Median (95% CI)		p-value ^d p-value: - Mann-Whitney test (CI: 95%).
Age	53.5 (50–56.4)	51 (51–56.9)	0.976
BDI	14 (7.7–20.2)	6 (2–15.7)	0.063
N. Contr. Opposition ^a Control and opposition necessity.	65 (48.8–71.1)	50 (5–85)	0.401
N. Affective ^b Affective necessity	5 (5–56.1)	40 (15.7–70)	0.273
N. Organization ^c Organization necessity	5 (5–25)	15 (5–62.2)	0.782
	n (%)		p-value ^e p-value: Chi-square test.
Complete high school
No	20 (87.0)	3 (13.0)	0.173
Yes	14 (70.0)	6 (30)	0.173
Paid work
No	22 (84.6)	4 (15.4)	0.269
Yes	12 (70.6)	5 (29.4)	0.269

Variables	PR (95% CI)	p-value
BDI	1.01 (0.99–1.03)	0.062
Organization need	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	0.103
Sexual perception	0.61 (0.42–0.89)	0.012

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