Evangelista Andressa da Rocha, Moreira Andréa Carvalho Araújo, Freitas Cibelly Aliny Siqueira Lima, Val Danielle Rocha do, Diniz Jamylle Lucas, Azevedo Samir Gabriel Vasconcelos
Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú, Sobral, CE, Brasil.
Instituto Superior de Teologia Aplicada, Sobral, CE, Brasil.
Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2019 Jul 29;53:e03482. doi: 10.1590/S1980-220X2018018103482.
To evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of Family Health Strategy nurses regarding sexuality in old age.
Cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive, quantitative study with nurses of the Family Health Strategy of the city of Sobral-CE. The instruments used were a socio-demographic and professional questionnaire and the Aging Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes Scale, Brazilian version. Data were processed in GraphPad Prism 5®, and the significance level was set at p<0.05.
The participants were 56 nurses, most of them female, young adults, who reported they were able to provide orientations about sexuality. The mean score in the knowledge dimension was 29.95 (SD=2.21), in a range of 20 to 60; the mean score in the attitude dimension was 27.14 (SD=2.19), in a range of eight to 40. Participants who declared receiving permanent health education and conducting health education on sexuality presented a significantly favorable knowledge, but no statistically significant attitude.
Nurses have adequate knowledge about sexuality in old age, but still present conservative attitudes. Investing in processes of continuing health education can improve the knowledge and practice of nurses.
评估家庭健康战略护士对老年人性健康的知识和态度。
对塞阿拉州索布拉尔市家庭健康战略的护士进行横断面、探索性、描述性定量研究。使用的工具是社会人口学和专业问卷以及巴西版的《老年性知识与态度量表》。数据在GraphPad Prism 5®中进行处理，显著性水平设定为p<0.05。
参与者为56名护士，其中大多数为年轻女性，她们表示能够提供有关性健康的指导。知识维度的平均得分为29.95（标准差=2.21），范围在20至60之间；态度维度的平均得分为27.14（标准差=2.19），范围在8至40之间。宣称接受过永久性健康教育并开展过性健康方面健康教育的参与者在知识方面表现出显著的积极态度，但在态度方面无统计学显著差异。
护士对老年人的性健康有足够的知识，但态度仍然保守。投资于持续健康教育过程可以提高护士的知识水平和实践能力。
