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PERDOMO VICTORIA, Irene; ORIA CRUZ, Nivis Leyani; SEGREDO PEREZ, Alina María  e  MARTIN LINARES, Xiomara. Sexual behaviour of older adults in the Health Area of Tamarindo, 2010. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2013, vol.29, n.1, pp. 8-19. ISSN 0864-2125.

Background: one of the strategies of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health is to promote research that allows knowing, in its multidimensional character, the individual and population aging. Human sexuality is the result of the cognitive interaction between the individual and his social, family and personal environment. A very important and always possible fact in the relation between men and women is that the old age should continue being a source of pleasure, not a source of worries and frustration. Objective: to identify the sexual behaviour in a population over 60 years of age in the health area of Tamarindo, Florencia Municipality, Ciego de Avila, 2010. Methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was performed which sample was composed of 980 older adults. Of these adults, a sample of 200 people was randomly selected. Some of the variables under study were: age, sex, marital status and interest of getting information about the topic. Results: "young adults" predominated what constituted a 72, 5 % of the sample studied; the married and engaged people represented a 67, 5 % of the sample; the male sex was the most represented one and the 95 % showed interest in getting information about sexuality . Conclusions: in general, older adults expressed that sexual activity is beneficial and showed their interest in having adequate information about sexuality.

Palavras-chave : sexuality; sexual behaviour; elderly; primary attention to health.

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