Sexuality and its effects on older adults' depressive symptoms and quality of life

to analyze the effects of sexuality on depressive symptoms and quality of life in older adults. a cross-sectional and analytical study, developed with 596 older adults, who completed four instruments for data collection. Data were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test and Structural Equation Modeli...

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Published in:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 2023, Vol.76 (1), p.e20210645-7
Main Authors: Souza Júnior, Edison Vitório de, Cruz, Diego Pires, Siqueira, Lais Reis, Pirôpo, Uanderson Silva, Rosa, Randson Souza, Silva Filho, Benedito Fernandes da, Sawada, Namie Okino
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aging
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Depression
Depression - complications
Depression - psychology
Geriatric psychology
Health of the Elderly
Humans
Medical personnel
Mental depression
Mental health
NURSING
Older people
Original
Physiology
Primary care
Quality of Life
Questionnaires
Sexual Behavior
Sexuality
Sexuality - psychology
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Summary:to analyze the effects of sexuality on depressive symptoms and quality of life in older adults. a cross-sectional and analytical study, developed with 596 older adults, who completed four instruments for data collection. Data were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test and Structural Equation Modeling, with a 95% Confidence Interval. among the sexuality dimensions, only physical and social adversities exerted statistically significant effects on depressive symptoms (SC=-0.095; p=0.003), but with low magnitude. Moreover, all sexuality dimensions had statistically significant effects on quality of life, being of low magnitude for sexual act (SC=0.171; p=0.010) and for physical and social adversities (SC=0.228; p
ISSN:0034-7167
1984-0446
1984-0446
DOI:10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0645