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Sexuality and assessment of physical and psychological symptoms of older adults in outpatient care.

OBJECTIVE
to analyze the relationship between affective and sexual experiences and the intensity of physical and psychological symptoms of older adults.


METHODS
observational, cross-sectional and analytical study, guided by the STROBE tool, carried out in a geriatric outpatient clinic. Sociodemographic and health questionnaire, Affective and Sexual Experiences Scale for Elderly, Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale were used. Descriptive statistical analysis and Spearman correlation were performed.


RESULTS
forty-five older adults participated, with a mean age of 73.8 years; most (91.1%) were married. The highest averages of symptom intensity were pain (4.9), anxiety (4.8), drowsiness (4.5), and a feeling of well-being (4.5). There was a negative correlation between sadness and the dimensions of sexual activity and affective relationships (rs=-0.365; p=0.014 and rs=-0.386; p=0.009) and between anxiety and sexual activity (rs=-0.308; p=0.040).


CONCLUSION
as sadness increases, affective and sexual experiences are less. The greater the anxiety intensity, the lower the sexual experiences.