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Hábitos tabágicos e funcionamento sexual
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O tabaco é a segunda substância psicoativa mais consumida em Portugal. No sexo masculino, o tabaco é considerado um factor de risco, dependente da dose, para a disfunção eréctil. A literatura mostra maioritariamente que o tabaco não é factor de risco para disfunções sexuais femininas. O presente estudo analisou as relações entre hábitos tabágicos e funcionamento sexual feminino e masculino numa amostra de média de idades jovem (27 anos e 30 anos, respetivamente). Participaram 119 homens e 377 mulheres divididos em não fumadoras/es, fumadoras/es ocasionais e fumadoras/es regulares. Os instrumentos utilizados para avaliar o funcionamento sexual feminino foram o Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) e o Revised Female Sexual Distress Scale FSDS-R, e para o funcionamento sexual masculino o Internarional Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) e o Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool (PEDT). Quanto à dependência da nicotina foi utilizado o Teste de Dependência da Nicotina de Fagerstrom. No sexo feminino, as fumadoras regulares não se diferenciaram das não fumadoras. As fumadoras ocasionais apresentaram pior funcionamento sexual que as fumadoras regulares. A dependência de nicotina não se correlacionou com o funcionamento sexual feminino. No sexo masculino os fumadores regulares tiveram pior funcionamento sexual que os outros dois grupos. A dependência de nicotina correlacionou-se com maior insatisfação sexual. Estas associações mantiveram-se após controlo da idade como covariável. Os resultados são congruentes com a noção de que o consumo de tabaco é um factor de risco dependente da dose nos homens mas que parece ter riscos muito menores para as mulheres.
Tobacco is the second most consumed psychoactive substance in Portugal. In men, tobacco is considered a dose-dependent risk factor for erectile dysfunction. The literature mostly shows that tobacco is not a risk factor to female sexual dysfuncion. The present study analyzed the relationships between smoking habits and female and male sexual functioning in a sample of young mean age (27 years and 30 years, respectively). The sample consisted of 119 men and 377 women divided into non- smokers, occasional smokers and regular smokers. The instruments used to evaluate female sexual functioning were the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and the Female Sexual Distress Scale - Revised (FSDS-R), and for male sexual functioning the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) and the Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool (PEDT). Nicotine dependence was assessed by the Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence. In the female, regular smokers did not differ from non-smokers. Occasional smokers had worse sexual functioning than regular smokers. Nicotine dependence did not correlate with female sexual functioning. In males the regular smokers had worse sexual functioning than the other two groups. Nicotine dependence correlated with greater sexual dissatisfaction. These associations were maintained after controlling age as a covariate. The results are congruent with the notion that smoking is a dose-dependent risk factor for male sexual difficulties but appears to have much lower risks for female sexual difficulties.
Tobacco is the second most consumed psychoactive substance in Portugal. In men, tobacco is considered a dose-dependent risk factor for erectile dysfunction. The literature mostly shows that tobacco is not a risk factor to female sexual dysfuncion. The present study analyzed the relationships between smoking habits and female and male sexual functioning in a sample of young mean age (27 years and 30 years, respectively). The sample consisted of 119 men and 377 women divided into non- smokers, occasional smokers and regular smokers. The instruments used to evaluate female sexual functioning were the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and the Female Sexual Distress Scale - Revised (FSDS-R), and for male sexual functioning the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) and the Premature Ejaculation Diagnostic Tool (PEDT). Nicotine dependence was assessed by the Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence. In the female, regular smokers did not differ from non-smokers. Occasional smokers had worse sexual functioning than regular smokers. Nicotine dependence did not correlate with female sexual functioning. In males the regular smokers had worse sexual functioning than the other two groups. Nicotine dependence correlated with greater sexual dissatisfaction. These associations were maintained after controlling age as a covariate. The results are congruent with the notion that smoking is a dose-dependent risk factor for male sexual difficulties but appears to have much lower risks for female sexual difficulties.
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Hábitos tabágicos Funcionamento sexual feminino e masculino Dependência de nicotina Smoking habits Female and male sexual function Nicotine dependence