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Sexual function positively correlated with older adults' sexuality and quality of life
Edison Vitório de Souza Júnior1, Cicero Santos Souza2, Benedito Fernandes da Silva Filho2
1Universidade de São Paulo. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Objectives:
to analyze sexual function and its correlation with sexuality and quality of life in male older adults.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study, developed with 231 male older adults. Participants completed four instruments to obtain biosociodemographic data, sexual function, sexuality and quality of life. Analyzes were performed using the Mann-Whitney test and Spearman Correlation.
Results:
sexual function was positively correlated with sexuality in a moderate magnitude and with quality of life in a low magnitude. Male older adults without sexual dysfunction experienced their sexuality better and had a better quality of life. Finally, partner overall satisfaction was the facet of sexual function that had the highest positive correlation with sexuality, while self-confidence had the highest positive correlation with quality of life.
Conclusions:
we suggest that sexual function should be addressed more frequently in Primary Health Care services, as we found statistically significant correlations with sexuality and quality of life components.
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