Abstract

PEREZ MARTINEZ, Víctor T  and  ARCIA CHAVEZ, Nora. Behavior of sexuality among the elderly in "Ana Betancourt" Polyclinic". Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2008, vol.24, n.2. ISSN 0864-2125.

125 subjects at geriatric age of both sexes that visited the outpatient departments of psychogeriatrics and/or sexual dysfunction of "Ana Betancourt" Teaching Policlinic the last year were included in a descriptive and longitudinal study aimed at defining the sexual pattern characteristic of the persons at geriatric age. The married elderly predominated in both sexes. 75 % of the aged were interested in sex and manifested sexual desire, whereas 69.6 % have sexual relations. Vaginal coitus followed by oral sex were the forms of sexual activity preferred by both sexes. The loss of erection in men and the reduction of vaginal lubrication in women were the main disorders of sexual functioning. 78.4 % of the elderly showed a low general index of knowledge about the changes occurring in sexuality along the years.

Keywords : Elderly; pattern; sexuality; changes; knowledge; low.

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