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.
Objective to analyze the association between experiences of sexuality with bio-socio-demographic variables and quality of life of elderly people. Methods cross-sectional study, developed with 1,922 Brazilian elderly people, whose data were collected through a web survey. Three instruments were used to obtain bio-socio-demographic data, sexuality and quality of life. The analysis was carried out with the Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, Spearman correlation and multivariate linear regression tests, with the “insert” input method, adopting a 95% confidence interval. Results the overall assessment of sexuality was strongly associated with marital status (p<0.001); religion (p=0.001); not having children (p<0.001); sexual orientation (p=0.008) and receiving guidance on sexuality from health professionals (p=0.002). Sexuality correlated positively and with different magnitudes with all facets of quality of life (p<0.001). Regression analysis demonstrated that all dimensions of sexuality remained positively associated with quality of life: sexual act [β=0.154; 95%CI=0.083-0.225; p<0.001]; affective relationships [β=0.335; 95%CI=0.263-0.407; p<0.001] and physical and social adversity [β=1.388; 95%CI=1.206-1.571; p<0.001]. Conclusion and implications for practice sexuality was significantly associated with some bio-socio-demographic variables and positively correlated with the quality of life of the elderly people investigated.
Objetivo: Considerando o crescente envelhecimento populacional e as evidências científicas de que a sexualidade na população idosa não é abordada com frequência nos serviços de saúde, o presente estudo contribui de forma significativa para as práticas de enfermagem. O objetivo desse estudo foi identificar na literatura situações relacionadas à sexualidade dos idosos e, por meio delas, traçar diagnósticos de enfermagem tendo como suporte teórico a North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA 2018-2020). Metodologia: Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura construída a partir de 15 artigos originais selecionados sistematicamente na BVS, SciELO, Pubmed, Lilacs, BDENF, IBECS, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Web of Science e Google Scholar. Resultados: Traçou-se 29 diagnósticos distribuídos nos seguintes domínios: Promoção da saúde 3(10,3%); Atividade/repouso 3(10,3%); Percepção/cognição 4(13,9%); Autopercepção 5(17,2%); Papéis e relacionamentos 2(6,9%); Sexualidade 1(3,4%); Enfrentamento/tolerância ao estresse 3(10,3%); Princípios da vida 2(6,9%); Segurança/proteção 4(13,9%) e Conforto 2(6,9%). O domínio “Autopercepção”, foi o domínio que apresentou mais evidências nos estudos. Isso nos faz refletir sobre o poder que cada indivíduo detém, adquirido por meio da evolução de toda conjuntura político-social, que em diversas épocas moldam as suas crenças, atitudes e comportamentos. Conclusão: Chama-se a atenção da enfermagem que deve estar atenta com mais profundidade aos aspectos que permeiam a subjetividade e os valores pessoais dos idosos e, por meio desse estudo, haverá o direcionamento e a facilitação da assistência frente à sexualidade desse grupo etário.
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Objective to analyze the sexual function and its association with the sexuality and quality of life of elderly women. Methods this is a cross-sectional web survey study developed with 166 elderly women. Four self-administered instruments were used to obtain biosociodemographic, sexual function, sexuality and quality of life data. The analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney test, Spearman correlation and linear regression, considering a 95% confidence interval. Results the greatest influence of sexual function was observed in the sexual act dimension of sexuality (β=0.524; [95%CI=0.451-0.597]; p<0.001; R2=54.8%) and between the intimacy facet of quality of life (β =0.501; [95%CI=0.380-0.622]; p<0.001; R2=29.0%). In general, the regression model showed that sexual function remained associated with sexuality (β=0.888; [CI95%=0.749-1.028]; p<0.001; R2=49.1%) and the quality of life of the participants (β=0.352; [CI95%=0.264-0.439]; p<0.001; R2=27.7%). Conclusion and implications for the practice sexual function is associated with the sexuality and quality of life of older women, assuming a directly proportional behavior which, in turn, can become a strategy to add quality to the additional years of life of this population.
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