March Alice L
Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama, Box 870358, 650 University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA.
Nurs Clin North Am. 2018 Jun;53(2):279-287. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2018.01.005.
In the United States, people older than 65 attend approximately 248 million health care visits each year, or 7 visits per older adult annually. One in every 5 older adults reports recent sexual activity, yet health care professionals do not ask, and patients do not tell when it comes to sexuality. The desire to engage in sex and intimate behaviors to meet important quality-of-life needs is present in people of all ages. Because it is important to communicate in a nonjudgmental manner, health care professionals must first examine their own personal attitudes and values regarding sexuality in older women.
在美国，65岁以上的人群每年约有2.48亿人次就医，即每位老年人每年就医7次。每5名老年人中就有1人表示近期有过性活动，但医疗保健专业人员不会询问，患者在性方面也不会主动提及。各个年龄段的人都有通过性行为和亲密行为来满足重要生活质量需求的愿望。由于以无偏见的方式进行沟通很重要，医疗保健专业人员必须首先审视自己对老年女性性问题的个人态度和价值观。
