FATORES ASSOCIADOS À SEXUALIDADE DO IDOSO NA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA À SAÚDE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5205/1981-8963.2021.246664Keywords:
Nursing Assistants, Aged, Sexuality, Sexual Health, Primary Health Care, Taboo.Abstract
Objetivo: investiga os aspectos que permeiam a sexualidade da pessoa idosa. Método: trata-se de um estudo bibliográfico, descritivo, tipo revisão integrativa da literatura cuja coleta dos dados foi feita nas bases: MEDLINE, LILACS, BDENF e Biblioteca Virtual SCIELO, sem limite temporal, utilizando descritores Enfermagem, Sexualidade e Idoso. Utilizou-se, para a análise dos dados, a análise categorial temática. Resultados: informa-se que emergiram, dos dados, as seguintes categorias: aspectos fisiológicos; culturais; comportamentais e alternativas em busca do prazer. Conclusão: enfatiza-se, pelo estudo, a necessidade de subsidiar a realização de consultas em saúde que abordem, de forma mais eficaz, a sexualidade, com vistas a elhorar o dimento ao paciente idoso.
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