Adapted sport is aimed at people with disabilities. The dedication and engagement during sports practices end up exposing this population to the emergence of various health problems related to sports. Female sexual dysfunction is a disorder that can culminate in personal distress and interfere with interpersonal relationships due to anatomical, physiological, psychological, and sociocultural problems.

To verify the prevalence of symptoms of sexual dysfunction in female athletes with disabilities.

Observational epidemiological research of quantitative and descriptive cross-sectional character, carried out with female para-athletes. Data collection was performed using the GoogleForms tool, divided into sections: presentation of the research in video and Informed Consent Form (ICF), sociodemographic data, obstetric data and the Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire; initially as a pilot study, tested in the North region, in Belém do Pará. The data were transferred from the platform to Excel 2019, tabulated, and analyzed.

The pilot research had 3 participants, aged 32±11 years, self-declared black (black and brown), heterosexual, all of them women with physical disabilities, practitioners of 2 different modalities of adapted sport (fencing and wheelchair dancing). Regarding obstetric history, only one reported 1 pregnancy, which evolved into abortion. The FSFI, in the desire domain, participant 1 (P1), participant 2 (P2) and participant 3 (P3) respectively presented scores of 3.6, 3.6 and 2.4 points, in the excitation domain, P1- 0.9, P2- 0.6 and P3- 4.2 points, in the lubrication domain, P1- 2.7, P2- 0 and P3- 6 points, in the orgasm domain, P1- 2.4, P2- 0 and P3- 6 points, in the satisfaction domain, P1- 0, P2- 0 and P3- 4.8, and in the pain domain, P1- 1.6, P2- 0 and P3- 6 points. According to each domain, there was a lower score in the satisfaction score, with a maximum score of 4.8 points. The total score per participant was: P1- 11.2 points, P2- 8.4 points, and P3- 29.4 points. At the end of the application, final results the scores of each domain multiplied by a factor that homogenizes the influence of each domain on the total score, it is possible to discriminate between the populations with higher and lower risk of presenting sexual dysfunction, with a cutoff point defined as 26 for the population of origin of the instrument, where values equal to or below this point would indicate sexual dysfunction. Thus, two participants had scores below 26 points, which may indicate symptoms of sexual dysfunction.

It is noteworthy that the data presented, even with the reduced n, point to the need to describe these symptoms in this population, outline their profile and epidemiological data.

the number of athletes of high-performance Paralympic sport from the North region has been growing, standing out in the national and international scenario, making this research a great stimulus for prevention actions.