Understanding sexuality by rural elderly women.

Nidiane Evans Da Silva Cabral,Uilma Santos De Souza,Claudia Feio Da Maia Lima,Bárbara Martins Corrêa Da Silva,Maria Da Conceição Costa Rivemales

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0385

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https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0385

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Abstract

to understand the meaning of sexuality by rural elderly women. a qualitative exploratory and descriptive research, carried out through interview at the home with 26 rural elderly women, aged between 60 and 69 years. The data were analyzed by the thematic content analysis technique of Bardin. understanding sexuality is linked to the construction of sexual and/or loving relationship, and positive and negative factors that interfere with the exercise of sexuality: good relationship with the spouse, physical and mental benefits, chronological age, health problems, no spouse, sexual disinterest and fear of relating for fear or disappointment. there is a decline in the maintenance of sexuality linked to the end of the reproductive period, to the advancing age and the low social perspective that is common for rural elderly women.

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The world’s fastest growing population group is the elderly
Most of them have a diagnosis of arterial hypertension (10 = 38.46%), with regular use of losartan associated with other drugs (11 = 42.31%), and usually seek medical attention for Basic Health Unit (BHU) (16 = 61.53%)
The testimonies analyzed show that the understanding of sexuality is based on the idea of sexual intercourse

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The world’s fastest growing population group is the elderly. Women have stood out as the majority of the elderly population in Brazil, living, on average, 5 to 8 years older than men, which leads to the realization of the process of feminization of old age. There are many demands for care related to physical, psychic and social changes. In this period of life, the elderly experience loss, financial difficulties, lack of family support and presence of chronic and degenerative diseases[1]. With the increase in the number of elderly people, the Family Health Strategy (FHS) becomes an ally to attend to health needs, making itself present in urban and rural areas. The FHS should provide the means for elderly people to age with quality, taking care of the physical and of other human dimensions (social, economic and emotional), in order to care for and embrace new themes relevant to the integral health of the subjects, such as sexuality[4,5]

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