中年人的性取向和性功能妇女退伍军人
Laura A Muratore1, Anna E Blanken, Alison J Huang2
1From the Mental Health Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Francisco, CA.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.)
|December 17, 2024
概括
中年性少数群体女性退伍军人报告说,性功能更好,阴道症状比异性恋同龄人少. 然而,这两组在更年期期间都经历了与性功能相关的严重痛苦.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 性健康 性的健康
- 妇女健康 妇女健康
背景情况:
- 更年期和衰老显著影响中年妇女的性功能.
- 现有的关于中年女性性行为的研究往往忽视了性少数群体女性 (SMW).
- 了解SMW在更年期期间的独特经验对于全面的护理至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较性功能指数之间的性少数群体妇女 (SMW) 和异性恋妇女退伍军人在中年.
- 研究这些群体之间的性活动,疼痛和阴道症状的差异.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自232名中年女性退伍军人的横截面调查数据.
- 参与者自我报告的性取向,社会人口统计和性健康指标.
- 逻辑和线性回归模型评估了群体差异,控制共变量.
主要成果:
- 性少数群体女性 (SMW) 更有可能参与最近的性活动 (OR=2.20) 并不太可能在性行为期间报告疼痛 (OR=0.07).
- SMW报告说,过去一个月的阴道症状较少 (OR=0.33) 和这些症状对性功能的影响较小 (β=-0.24).
- 两位SMW和异性恋女性都报告了与性功能障碍相关的高水平的痛苦 (平均值=19.9).
结论:
- 中年性少数群体妇女退伍军人与异性恋同行相比,表现出更好的性功能.
- 尽管功能更好,但两组都在性健康方面经历了相当大的痛苦.
- 调查结果强调,所有中年女性都需要包容性性健康支持.
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