Department of Urology, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, 93-6 Ji-dong, Paldal-gu, Suwon, 442-723, Korea.
J Infect Chemother. 2011 Aug;17(4):456-61. doi: 10.1007/s10156-010-0191-0. Epub 2010 Dec 17.
Sexually transmitted infections are diseases provoking a great social and economic burden as well as health-related problems, and with the aging of society and the extension of life expectancy sexually transmitted infections in the elderly have drawn more attention these days. For the management of sexually transmitted infections in this population, basic epidemiological data need to be established. In this study, 1,804 persons from the general population aged over 60 years visiting health examination centers were tested for syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia, and interviewed about the patterns of sexual behavior of elderly people through questionnaires. The prevalence rates of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia recorded were 0.222% (4/1804), 0 (none), and 0.776% (14/1804), respectively. The results of the survey showed that the sexual life of the elderly people was currently active, and the sexual behavior of chlamydia patients was distinguished in some characteristics from that of the general participants. Political management to prevent sexually transmitted infections needs to be continued in elderly people as it is in other age groups. More detailed follow-up studies are necessary to determine the incidence and prevalence rates of the diseases in the elderly population in future, and the results of this study are considered to be useful as basic data for such studies.
性传播感染是一种引起巨大社会和经济负担以及健康相关问题的疾病，随着社会老龄化和预期寿命的延长，老年人的性传播感染近年来引起了更多关注。为了管理这一人群中的性传播感染，需要建立基本的流行病学数据。在这项研究中，我们对 1804 名年龄在 60 岁以上的普通人群进行了梅毒、淋病和衣原体检测，并通过问卷对老年人的性行为模式进行了访谈。记录的梅毒、淋病和衣原体的患病率分别为 0.222%（4/1804）、0（无）和 0.776%（14/1804）。调查结果表明，老年人目前的性生活活跃，衣原体患者的性行为在某些特征上与一般参与者有所不同。与其他年龄组一样，需要对老年人继续进行预防性传播感染的政治管理。未来需要进行更详细的随访研究，以确定老年人人群中这些疾病的发病率和患病率，本研究的结果被认为是此类研究的基础数据。
