Effects of sexuality on frailty and quality of life in the elderly: a cross-sectional study

• Autor(a) principal: Souza Júnior,Edison Vitório de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Silva,Cristiane dos Santos, Pirôpo,Uanderson Silva, Santos,Brenaráise Freitas Martins dos, Guedes,Tarcísio Pereira, Siqueira,Lais Reis, Sawada,Namie Okino
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672022000100174
• topic: Health of the Elderly; Public Health; Sexuality; Frailty; Comprehensive Health Care

ABSTRACT 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.