日常生活における活動と,中年および高齢者の性行為の重要性
Lucas Reyes Prieto1, Claire Leonard2, Gilbert Gimm2
1Department of Social Work, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
まとめ
3つ以上の生活制限がある高齢者は セックスを重要視しない傾向があります この研究は高齢者の 障害と性的健康との関係を 強調しています
科学分野:
- ゲロントロジー
- 公衆衛生
- 社会学
背景:
- 特に50歳以上の アメリカ人の多くは 障害を抱えています
- 中年や障害のある高齢者の性的健康に関する研究は,米国では依然として限られている.
研究 の 目的:
- 日常生活における活動制限 (ADL) と米国の成人の性行為の重要性との関連を調査する.
- 障害のある高齢者の性的な重要性に影響を与える人口統計的および健康的要因を特定する.
主な方法:
- 国家社会生活・健康・高齢化プロジェクト (NSHAP) の第3波のデータを活用した.
- 4371人の参加者の全国的に代表的なサンプルで記述的,二変量,および多変量分析を行った.
- ADLの制限の数と自己報告された性の重要性との関係を調べました.
主要な成果:
- 3つ以上のADL制限を報告した参加者は,制限が少ないか全くない参加者と比較して,性別を重要視する確率が著しく低かった.
- 年齢,性別,教育,人種/民族,婚姻状況,および全体的な健康状態も,性との関連が重要であった.
- この発見は 機能的制限と高齢者の性福祉の 関連性を強調しています
結論:
- 障害,特に日常生活の活動における制限は,中年および高齢者の間でセックスが重要であると報告する確率の低下と関連しています.
- この集団における 障害と性的健康の多面的な関係を 徹底的に理解するために さらなる研究が必要である.
- 障害が高齢者の性健康や福祉に及ぼす影響を考慮する必要があるかもしれません.
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