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

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

to analyze the effects of sexuality on depressive symptoms and quality of life in older adults.

Methods

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.

Results

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<0.001), and moderate magnitude

SUBMITTER: Souza Junior EV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9901350 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature