Sexual Desire and Sexual Activity of Men and Women Across their Lifespan.
Loading...
Date
2013-08
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
Objective: To study the sexual desire and activity of men and women aged 30-80 years. Methodology: A representative sample
was surveyed and correlated with their social, individual and interpersonal characteristics. A total of 100 subjects were recruited.
Observations: The study showed that sexual desire declined with advancing age with overall men reporting more frequent
and stronger sexual desire compared to women. For both men and women, sexual activity in older participants was mostly an
issue of denial or disagreement of the other partner. There were additional social and personality determinants of lack of sexual
desire and sexual inactivity, which included illness, lack of privacy, erectile dysfunction, spiritual reasons and menopause.
Conclusions: Sexual history should be a routine part of history taking and should be undertaken during assessment of the patient.
Description
Keywords
Sexual Activity, sexual desire, erectile dysfunction, spiritual reasons, menopause
Citation
Aggarwal K K. Sexual Desire and Sexual Activity of Men and Women Across their Lifespan. Indian Journal of Clinical Practice. 2013 Aug; 24(3): 207-210.