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dc.contributor.authorMinichiello, Victoren
dc.contributor.authorPlummer, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorLoxton, Deborahen
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-26T16:19:00Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.citationAustralasian Journal on Ageing, 23(3), p. 125-130en
dc.identifier.issn1741-6612en
dc.identifier.issn1440-6381en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4810-
dc.description.abstractObjectives: Sexuality in later life is now recognised to be an important issue. The present study identified the factors that predict sexual relationships and changes in sexual activity in a sample of 844 older persons living in Melbourne, Australia, who returned a self-completed questionnaire. Method: The variables included in the two models that predicted sexual relationship status and changes in sexual activity were: sex, age, marital status, general health, incontinence, satisfaction with physical condition, knowledge of sexual issues, change in sexual interest, perceptions of sex as an important factor in general well-being, and number of sexual partners. Results and Conclusion: Logistic regression analysis revealed that the variables used in the model produced correct prediction rates for 84% of respondents not in a sexual relationship, and 85% for those in a sexual relationship. Age, marital status, incontinence, satisfaction with physical condition, sexual knowledge, perceptions of sex as important to well-being, and number of sexual partners were significantly related to sexual relationship status. The present study discusses how these findings can further inform research and be used to inform our knowledge on sexuality in later life.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asiaen
dc.relation.ispartofAustralasian Journal on Ageingen
dc.titleFactors predicting sexual relationships in older people: an Australian studyen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1741-6612.2004.00018.xen
dc.subject.keywordsPublic Health and Health Servicesen
local.contributor.firstnameVictoren
local.contributor.firstnameDaviden
local.contributor.firstnameDeborahen
local.subject.for2008111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008920599 Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) not elsewhere classifieden
local.profile.schoolAdministrationen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Healthen
local.profile.emailvminichi@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emaildplummer@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordpes:1415en
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage125en
local.format.endpage130en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume23en
local.identifier.issue3en
local.title.subtitlean Australian studyen
local.contributor.lastnameMinichielloen
local.contributor.lastnamePlummeren
local.contributor.lastnameLoxtonen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:vminichien
dc.identifier.staffune-id:dplummeren
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:4926en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleFactors predicting sexual relationships in older peopleen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorMinichiello, Victoren
local.search.authorPlummer, Daviden
local.search.authorLoxton, Deborahen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.identifier.wosid000208438400004en
local.year.published2004en
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