Fabrício Fernanda Alencar de Almeida Pereira, Costa Gilka Paiva Oliveira, Felisberto Ana Mabel Sulpino, Moreira Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes, Silva Antônia Lêda Oliveira, Souza Josiane Maria Oliveira de
Universidade Federal da Paraíba. João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
Universidade de Brasília. Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
Rev Bras Enferm. 2025 Jun 20;78(2):e20240199. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0199. eCollection 2025.
to reveal Primary Health Care professionals' experience regarding the approach to sexuality among older adults.
this is exploratory research with a qualitative approach, carried out with 40 healthcare professionals, including physicians and nurses, who participated in a semi-structured interview. The interviews were recorded and analyzed using the thematic content analysis technique.
the data were analyzed and grouped into five empirical categories: Descriptions of sexuality; Difficulties in addressing sexuality; Importance of addressing sexuality among older adults; Professional indicated to address sexuality; and Older adults' perceptions about sexuality according to healthcare professionals.
the study demonstrated that professionals face difficulties in addressing sexuality among older adults, which reinforces the stereotype of asexuality. Therefore, it is necessary to seek to address this issue in care planning actions and seek to overcome related cultural and social barriers.
揭示初级卫生保健专业人员在处理老年人性问题方面的经验。
这是一项采用定性方法的探索性研究,对40名医疗保健专业人员进行,包括医生和护士,他们参与了半结构化访谈。访谈进行了录音,并使用主题内容分析技术进行分析。
数据被分析并归纳为五个实证类别:性的描述;处理性问题的困难;在老年人中处理性问题的重要性;被指出处理性问题的专业人员;以及医疗保健专业人员眼中老年人对性的看法。
该研究表明,专业人员在处理老年人性问题时面临困难,这强化了无性恋的刻板印象。因此,有必要在护理计划行动中设法解决这个问题,并努力克服相关的文化和社会障碍。