Masturbación femenina y su relación con la satisfacción sexual: estudio analítico transversal en alumnas de grado de la Universidad de Cuenca, año 2022

Abstract

Background: masturbation favors sexual empowerment, including body awareness, increased self-confidence and the ability to manage one's own sexual pleasure alone or with a partner, contributes to sexual satisfaction that comes from sexual interactions and personal perceptions of erotic desire, and acts as a protective factor for female sexual dysfunctions. Objective: to determine the association between female masturbation and sexual satisfaction in female students of the University of Cuenca, during the academic period March - September 2022. Methodological design: it is a quantitative, analytical, cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 510 students. A form was elaborated with sociodemographic data, masturbation and sexual satisfaction. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS 25, EpiDat 4.2, Microsoft Excel 2010 and Microsoft Word 2017 programs; the measures used to present the results are frequencies, percentages, median and interquartile range; to contrast hypotheses the Chisquare (significance p< 0.05); to measure association the prevalence ratio and its 95% confidence interval. Results: the sample was composed of 510 female students, with a median age of 22 years, mostly of mestizo ethnicity (98.4%), with a prevalence of 448 cases of masturbation (87.8%), 245 cases of high to very high sexual satisfaction (48%) and 265 cases of medium to low sexual satisfaction (52%). A statistically significant relationship was determined between masturbation, sexual satisfaction, marital status and use of sex toys. Conclusions: the research assessed the association between female masturbation and sexual satisfaction in female students, in addition to the influential sociodemographic factors.