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Sexual well-being in old age: are older adults well sexually?

INTRODUCTION: Older adults who engage in sexual activities may benefit from increasing psychological and physical well-being, which may contribute to reduce a number of physical and mental health problems. The objectives of this study are the following: To analyse sexual well-being (SWB) in older ad...

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Autor principal: von Humboldt, Sofia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8480629/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2021.1896878
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description INTRODUCTION: Older adults who engage in sexual activities may benefit from increasing psychological and physical well-being, which may contribute to reduce a number of physical and mental health problems. The objectives of this study are the following: To analyse sexual well-being (SWB) in older adults’ perspective and to examine the potential explanatory mechanisms of a SWB overall model, in an older cross-national sample. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Measures were completed, using a variety of appropriate methods, including demographics and interviews. Complete data were available for 326 older adults aged between 65 and 102 years. Data were subjected to content analysis. Representation of the associations and latent constructs were analysed by a Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA). RESULTS: The most prevalent response of the interviewed participants for SWB was “touching and caring” (18.0%). A three-dimension model formed by “care and well-being”, “attractiveness, intimacy and touching”, and “sexual intercourse and pleasure” was presented as a best-fit solution for English older adults. SWB for Portuguese older adults were explained by a three-factor model: “health and desire”, “care, eroticism and affection” and “penetration sex”. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: The outcomes presented in this paper emphasised the need to explore the diversity of indicators of SWB among older adults and the cultural differences of a SWB model for older adults.
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spelling pubmed-84806292022-03-03 Sexual well-being in old age: are older adults well sexually? von Humboldt, Sofia Ann Med Abstract K12 INTRODUCTION: Older adults who engage in sexual activities may benefit from increasing psychological and physical well-being, which may contribute to reduce a number of physical and mental health problems. The objectives of this study are the following: To analyse sexual well-being (SWB) in older adults’ perspective and to examine the potential explanatory mechanisms of a SWB overall model, in an older cross-national sample. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Measures were completed, using a variety of appropriate methods, including demographics and interviews. Complete data were available for 326 older adults aged between 65 and 102 years. Data were subjected to content analysis. Representation of the associations and latent constructs were analysed by a Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA). RESULTS: The most prevalent response of the interviewed participants for SWB was “touching and caring” (18.0%). A three-dimension model formed by “care and well-being”, “attractiveness, intimacy and touching”, and “sexual intercourse and pleasure” was presented as a best-fit solution for English older adults. SWB for Portuguese older adults were explained by a three-factor model: “health and desire”, “care, eroticism and affection” and “penetration sex”. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: The outcomes presented in this paper emphasised the need to explore the diversity of indicators of SWB among older adults and the cultural differences of a SWB model for older adults. Taylor & Francis 2021-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8480629/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2021.1896878 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Sexual well-being in old age: are older adults well sexually?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8480629/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2021.1896878
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