Influence of sexuality on the mental health of the elderly.
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| Autores: | , , , , , |
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2021 |
| Descripción: | Aim: to analyze the correlation between the experiences of sexuality with the biosociodemographic variables and mental health of the elderly. Methods: this is a cross-sectional and correlational study carried out with 300 elderly people living in northeastern Brazil. Data about sexuality, assessed by the EVASI instrument, and about mental health, assessed with the SRQ-20 instrument, were collected between August and October 2020. For the data analysis, the Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis and Spearman correlation tests were used with a 95% confidence interval (p <0.05). Results: there was a statistical correlation between sexual intercourse and age group (p = 0.039). In addition, all dimensions of sexuality were associated with marital status (p<0.05) and were significantly correlated to all domains of mental health, showing weak and moderate, positive and negative correlations. Conclusion: the authors conclude that sexuality was significantly correlated with mental health, in such a way that the increase in sexual experiences reduces the symptoms of depressive-anxious mood, somatic symptoms, decrease in vital energy and depressive thoughts. These results point to the need to consider sexuality as a possible factor that improves the mental health of elderly citizens. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Portugués Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/46101 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/enfermeria/article/view/46101 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | health-promotion elderly-health mental-health sexuality public-health promoción-de-la-salud salud-del-anciano salud-mental sexualidad salud-pública promoção-da-saúde saúde-do-idoso saúde-mental sexualidade saúde-pública |