Comportamento sexual em estudantes de fisioterapia

Abstract

Introduction: sexuality comprises sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction, which have factors that interact with each other and influence this central aspect. Even though sexuality has been present since childhood, it is in adolescence that it strengthens the demands for adult sexual functionality. Therefore, several studies address the profile and seek to understand the sexual behavior of young people. Objective: to verify the sexual profile of physiotherapy students; analyze their sexual behavior and associate it with their sociodemographic profile. Method: a descriptive cross-sectional and quantitative study was carried out. Two questionnaires were used, one on the sociodemographic profile and the other on sexual behavior prepared on the Google Forms platform. Result: the sample consisted of 92 students, predominantly women, heterosexual and single. Most have already received information about sex and talk about the topic with their parents and friends. 84.8% (n=78) have an active sex life. Of these, 91% (n=71) had never used drugs or alcohol before the sexual act; 83.3% (n=65) had the first sexual intercourse by their own decision and 94.9% (n=74) in the first intercourse knew condoms or other contraceptive methods. Conclusion: in some aspects, such as not using a condom in all sexual relations, undergraduate physiotherapy students present risky behavior and in others, such as not using drugs before sex, this risk is reduced. However, when comparing the biological sex and the significant frequency, it is observed that the male gender presents a higher risk.