Assessment of orgasmic capacity of postmenopausal women

To correlate the capacity of healthy postmenopausal women to have orgasms (during intercourse or by solitary masturbation) with psychosocial, behavioral, climacteric, hormonal and interpersonal factors. Nine hundred and ninety-nine women (aged from 41 to 60 years) underwent physical and supplementar...

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Published in:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (1992) 2004-10, Vol.50 (4), p.444-450
Main Authors: Penteado, Sonia Regina Lenharo, Fonseca, Angela Maggio da, Bagnoli, Vicente Renato, Assis, Joserita Serrano, Pinotti, José Aristodemo
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Adult
Chi-Square Distribution
Coitus - physiology
Female
Humans
Libido - physiology
Masturbation - psychology
Middle Aged
Orgasm - physiology
Personal Satisfaction
Postmenopause - physiology
Postmenopause - psychology
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:To correlate the capacity of healthy postmenopausal women to have orgasms (during intercourse or by solitary masturbation) with psychosocial, behavioral, climacteric, hormonal and interpersonal factors. Nine hundred and ninety-nine women (aged from 41 to 60 years) underwent physical and supplementary tests and answered questionnaires regarding sexual behaviour. Sixty healthy women, sexually active, with one or more years of amenorrhea, without hormone therapy and with a partner capable of intercourse were chosen from this group. A Logistic Regression Model with one dependent variable -- orgasmic capacity -- and seventeen independent variables -- psychosocial, behavioral, interpersonal, climacteric and hormonal factors -- was developed. The orgasmic capacity correlated significantly with the practice of masturbation (p=0.000), with pleasure in embracing and caressing the partner's body (p=0.036) and with the presence of vaginal dryness (p=0.021). This study shows that the most important factors were interpersonal and behavioral and that the other parameters considered were not statistically significant. Women with vaginal dryness, who however engage in masturbation and maintain an affective relationship with their partner, obtain an equal or a greater number of orgasms when compared to the frequency of sexual intercourse.
ISSN:0104-4230