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- Title
Effects of sexuality on frailty and quality of life in the elderly: a cross-sectional study.
- Authors
de Souza Júnior, Edison Vitório; dos Santos Silva, Cristiane; Silva Pirôpo, Uanderson; Martins dos Santos, Brenaráise Freitas; Pereira Guedes, Tarcísio; Siqueira, Lais Reis; Okino Sawada, Namie
- Abstract
Objectives: to analyze the effects of sexuality on frailty and quality of life in the elderly. Methods: a sectional study conducted with 662 elderly people between July and October 2020. Four self-administered instruments were used to collect bio-sociodemographic variables, sexuality, frailty and quality of life. Correlation analysis and structural equation modeling were performed. Results: among the dimensions that assess sexuality, sexual intercourse had a weak, positive effect on quality of life (SC: 0.134, 95%CI: 0.153 - 0.254, p = 0.027), while affective relationships had a strong, positive effect (SC: 0.556, 95%CI: 0.442 - 0.670, p < 0.001). Frailty was only significantly related to a weak to moderate negative effect with sexual intercourse (SC: -0.216, 95%CI: -0.385 - -0.047, p = 0.012). Conclusions: two dimensions of sexuality, Sexual intercourse and Affective relationships, were found to have an effect on the quality of life and frailty of the elderly people investigated.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; FRIENDSHIP; SOCIAL participation; FRAIL elderly; INTIMACY (Psychology); CONFIDENCE intervals; HUMAN sexuality; CROSS-sectional method; SEXUAL intercourse; PHYSICAL activity; QUALITY of life; INTERPERSONAL relations; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; DATA analysis software; MIDDLE age
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2022, Vol 75, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0049