School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University, Banyo, Queensland, Australia.
J Adv Nurs. 2014 Apr;70(4):894-903. doi: 10.1111/jan.12256. Epub 2013 Sep 23.
To examine sexual desire in older age and the use of pharmaceuticals for sexual enhancement in the context of erectile dysfunction.
The ability of the older person to fulfil sexual desire has not been well supported in Western society.
The paper draws on themes that emerged during a phenomenological study of sexual desire in older age.
Narratives were collected between 2008-2010 from in-depth interviews with six men and two women aged 65-84 years who were part of a larger Australian study of sexual desire in older age.
Emergent themes reveal that for some older people, the biomedicalization of sex can be a disappointing experience.
The findings illuminate the need for nurses who are at the front line of health care, health policy makers and educators, to consider sexual desire experienced in older age in the context of sexual health and healthy ageing. This study will contribute to a growing body of knowledge about sexual desire in older age.
探讨老年人的性欲以及在勃起功能障碍的情况下使用药物来增强性能力的问题。
在西方社会，老年人满足性欲的能力并没有得到很好的支持。
本文借鉴了一项关于老年人性欲的现象学研究中出现的主题。
2008 年至 2010 年间，对 6 名男性和 2 名年龄在 65 至 84 岁之间的女性进行了深入访谈，这些人是澳大利亚老年人性欲更大研究的一部分。
出现的主题表明，对于一些老年人来说，性的生物医学化可能是一种令人失望的体验。
这些发现阐明了需要在性健康和健康老龄化的背景下考虑老年人的性欲，这需要处于医疗保健第一线的护士、卫生政策制定者和教育工作者来考虑。本研究将有助于增加关于老年人性欲的知识体系。
