The Impact Factors of Quality of Sexuality among the Elderly (英文題目) Te-Fu Tsai1,2, Mau-Roung Lin2, Thomas I.S. Whang1 (作者英文姓名) Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital1, Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University2(英文服務機關及單位)
Objectives:Owing to the advancement of public health, life expectancy of human-being is continuing to grow and therefore the elderly comprise the fastest increasing segment of the global population in Taiwan. The impact factors of quality of sexuality among the elderly are still unclear. This study was conducted to investigate the potential factors which impact the sexual quality of the elderly.
Materials and Methods:At August 2002, 794 residents aged 65 and over in Shin-Sher Township, Taichung County agreed to participate in the study. Personal interviews with structured questionnaires were conducted at the subjects’ residences by trained interviewers. The major component of the interview was to assess the demographic data, activities of daily life, geriatric depression scale, recognition, numbers of comorbidity, and quality of sexuality. ANOVA and Chi-square tests were used to explore which factors impact the sexual quality of the elderly. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to examine the relationships between the impression of sexuality and the quality of sexuality. General linear model was used to adjust the potential confounders.
Results:There is a statistical significant difference between sexual quality and marital status among the whole older people (p < 0.05). Among the older men, there is no statistical significant difference between these factors and quality of sexuality. Among the older women, there is a statistical significant difference between sexual quality and marital status (p < 0.05). The impression of sexuality was positively related to the quality of sexuality among the older men and women (p < 0.05).
Conclusions:Marital status was a important factor which impacted the quality of sexuality among the elderly. The impression of sexuality was positively related to the quality of sexuality among the older men and women.