Sexuality and knowledge about hiv/aids in elders who participate in a social center for the elderly

Abstract

ABSTRACT:The objective of this study was to analyze the knowledge of elders regarding HIV/AIDS and the sexual quotient of both genders in a Social Center in a town in the countryside of Minas Gerais, Brazil. This is a descriptive, transversal and quantitative study, involving 457 elders who belong to social groups offered by the Facility for the Care of the Elderly (UAI, in the Portuguese acronym), in the town of Uberaba, MG. In this study, the following instruments were used: MEEM to select those with a minimum level of cognition, QHIV3I to evaluate their knowledge, and QS-F/QS-M to measure the sexual quotient. Data was analyzed with the "Statistical Package for Social Sciences" (SPSS), version 20.0. Females represented 74% of participants, 40.5% between 70 and 79 y/o. 51.8% stated not to have a partner. Questions regarding transmission by needles and syringes, had the greatest number of right answers 96.2%. Only 45.1%, however, answered correctly the question about transmission through mosquito bites. 90.2% of the elders know it is possible to detect the virus through laboratory exams. And 88.2% of them stated to have never used a condom in sexual intercourses. Regarding the sexual quotient, 57.7% of the female elders stated to have a bad or null sex life, while only 7.6% of the male stated to have inactive sex lives. Campaigns targeted at this population are necessary, as well as an increase in the awareness of the health professionals, since that would make it possible for them to recognize the sexuality of the elder, and the risks inherent to it.

Percepção da população idosa sobre o HIV/AIDS: uma revisão integrativa

“…Entretanto, percebeu-se que a maioria dos idosos possuem uma vida sexual ativa e, mesmo conhecendo os riscos que uma relação desprotegida possa causar, há preferência pelo não uso deste método o que torna passível a transmissibilidade do HIV/AIDS. (Malaquias et al, 2017;Uchôa et al, 2016).…”

Conhecimento de idosos participantes de centros de convivência acerca do hiv/aids

“…A respeito da forma de detecção do vírus, que ocorre por meio de exames laboratoriais, os dados assemelham-se a pesquisas que identificaram bom conhecimento (Malaquias, et al, 2017;Nascimento, et al, 2013). A incidência de HIV/Aids em idosos está aumentando, o que pode estar relacionado à falta de solicitações da sorologia anti-HIV pelos profissionais de saúde, não sendo uma rotina adotada nos serviços de saúde (Alencar & Ciosak, 2016).…”

“…Foi identificada associação da variável sexo e a atividade sexual (p=0,002). Os homens estão associados com atividade sexual, enquanto que as mulheres relataram não ter esta atividade, dados convergentes com estudo realizado com essa população (Malaquias, et al, 2017). A perda de satisfação sexual é inevitável após a menopausa, o que pode contribuir para o desinteresse sexual (Andrade, & Benito, 2016).…”