[Sexuality and pregnancy]. / Sexualidad y embarazo.

OBJECTIVE: We intend to describe the sexual behaviour of pregnancies women. LOCATION: Family Planning Center Nóvoa Santos, of Galician Health Service (SERGAS), of Ourense (SPAIN). POPULATION: 206 pregnancies women that are attended in a obstetric psychoprophylaxis's programme, during two years (January/93-January/95). MEASUREMENT: We analysed the social economic, of reproduction, of medical attention and psycho-sexual variables. We use the PRESTA and SPSS statistics programmes. RESULTS: The average age is 28 years old, is married, has elementary studies and this is the first pregnancy. Her pregnancy is desire and normally developed. Her sexual desire and intercourse frequency is the same (1-2 per week); the intercourse is pleasant and the more habitual position is she over. Some times, the couple has relations without coitus and she practises the masturbation, and she enjoy of this practice. CONCLUSION: The pregnancies women have different sexual behaviours. They are satisfied with all them. The health' professional should favour the complete enjoy of the sexuality during the pregnancy.

PIP: 206 randomly selected women in the 6th or 7th month of pregnancy participating in childbirth preparation classes at a center in Ourense, Spain, between January 1993 and January 1995, responded to anonymous questionnaires regarding their sexual behavior during pregnancy. The women were 28 years old on average, married, with secondary education, and employed in skilled jobs or as housewives. 88% were urban. 78% were childless. 93% stated the pregnancy was desired and 91% that it was normal. 73% of the pregnancies were attended by a gynecologist, 23% by a family doctor, and the rest by both. 63% of the women did not ask their physician about sexual activity during pregnancy. 26% did ask questions; 47% about sexual relations during pregnancy, 21% about whether the fetus would be harmed, and 13% about when relations should be discontinued. In an average week, 13% did not have coitus, 24% did so once, 28% twice, and 15% 3 times. 11% did not respond. 38% of the women responding reported always and 7% never reaching orgasm. 28% reported their sexual activity always included coitus and 29% that it almost always did so. 14% reported masturbating, 74% reported not masturbating, and 13% did not respond.

[Youth studying at universities: their sexual and reproductive health]. / Jóvenes que realizan estudios universitarios: salud sexual y reproductiva.

OBJECTIVE: We intend to know the sexual and contraceptive behaviours of the youth. DESIGN: Transverse descriptive study based on a structured, anonymous and self-administered questionnaire. SETTING: South University of Galician (Ourense Campus). PARTICIPANTS: 304 universities of 1st course, in 1996-1997, that were selected at random according to studies that they were making. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: We analyse the age, sex and sexual and contraceptive behaviour, with the statistic programme SPSS. The 63.49% is women and the average age is 19.46 +/- 1.55 years. The 51.77% began to masturbate between the 11 and 14 years, and they do it of 1 at 2 times/week. The 2.34% and the 4.09% have homosexual and bisexual experiences, respectively. The 57.4% hasn't began the coitus. The 56.15% of whom had sexual experience it was begun between the 17 and 19 years. CONCLUSIONS: Through individual/couple consultation and/or work in little groups, is necessary to make Sexual Health Promotion and Sexual Risk Prevention.

[The use and effects of postcoital contraception]. / Uso y efectos de la anticoncepción poscoital.

OBJECTIVES: To find those people seeking post-coital contraception (PCC), its efficacy and effects. DESIGN: A crossover study using a structured questionnaire, filled in both at the moment of demand and after using PCC. SETTING: The "Nóvoa Santos" Family Planning Centre in Ourense. PARTICIPANTS: All those requesting PCC between January 1995 and June 1996 (220 in all). INTERVENTIONS: The PCC norm was 8 pills, two taken every 12 hours, of 0.05 mg of Ethinyloestradiol (EE) plus 0.5 mg of Norgestrel. MEASURES AND MAIN RESULTS: We analysed social and demographic variables, sexual behaviour and PCC use with the SPSS programme for Windows. 96.4% attending were women, average age 21.98. They began coitus at 18.58 years old. 191 (86.8%) had a stable partner and 0 to 3 coitus per week. The condom was the commonest method (90.6%). CONCLUSIONS: Young women requesting PCC immediately after the risk coitus are students and residents in the city. It is a method used when there are problems with the condom and the frequency of failure is low. Sexually active people should be informed of the existence and use of PCC, as should the health professionals who could be asked for it.

Stability of emotionality scores.

We hypothesized the stability of scores on emotionality given by 111 young adults, whose mean age was 16.6 yr, 132 adults, whose mean age was 29.9 yr., and 48 older adults, whose mean age was 53.3 yr. Significant correlations were obtained between scores given to 210 words across age and sex groups. Pearson correlations were calculated over words and not over subjects. The correlations between scores of young people and adults were .90, between young and older people .80, and between adults and older people .87. Men's and women's scores correlated .89.