Satisfacción sexual y calidad del sueño en estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

Studies reveal that both sexual satisfaction and sleep quality have implications for physical, mental health and general well-being, as well as associations with different medical/physiological, psychological conditions, personal, interpersonal, socioeconomic, and demographic factors; and are present throughout the human life cycle. Objectives: To determine the relationship between sexual satisfaction and sleep quality; and to compare the level of sexual satisfaction between male and female university students. Methods: We included in the study (n=171) students of the last semester of the Faculty of Human Sciences and Education of the Technical University of Ambato, belonging to the Ambato canton of the Tungurahua Province in Ecuador, of which 59 were males and 112 were females, who were evaluated by means of the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale (NSSS) and the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Results: It was shown that the population presents medium to elevated levels of sexual satisfaction and sleep quality; according to Spearman's Rho test there is a slight negative correlation between Sexual Satisfaction and difficulties around sleep quality (Rho = -0.262. p < 0.01); and according to Welch's T-test there are no statistically significant differences in terms of the variable Sexual Satisfaction between men and women (p > 0.05). Conclusions: Based on the results obtained, it can be verified that, the higher the sexual satisfaction, the higher the sleep quality, however, being male or female in the context of the study, did not predict the level of sexual satisfaction.