Impact of gender on sexual problems and perceptions among urban Malay elderly in Malaysia

Minhat HS 1 , Mat Din H 2 , Vasudevan R 2 , Raja Adnan RNE 2 , Ibrahim R 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Medical Gerontology Laboratory, Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: halimatus@upm.edu.my
  • 2 Medical Gerontology Laboratory, Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Arch Gerontol Geriatr, 2019 01 08;81:240-244.
PMID: 30669017 DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2019.01.001

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Physical and pathological changes associated with advancing age affect sexual behaviours of the elderly. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of gender on sexual problems and perceptions among the urban Malay elderly.

METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 160 Malaysian elderly participants aged 60 years and older who live in Kuala Lumpur. Twelve neighbourhood associations were randomly selected using multi-stage cluster sampling. Data was collected using standardized and validated questionnaire by face-to-face interview technique with which was conducted by trained interviewers.

RESULTS: Mean age of the participants was 65.33 (5.87) year old with majority were still married. Female (55.7%) reported more sexual problems as evidenced by the higher proportion of those with lacked interest in having sex (72.5%), find sex is unpleasant (34.8%) and unable to come to orgasm (55.1%). Gender was found to have significant impact on every model obtained in the analysis for both sexual problems and perceptions. Female elderly were 10.6 times more likely to have sexual problem compared to male elderly (OR = 10.64, P 

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