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http://dx.doi.org/10.12811/kshsm.2014.8.3.181

Effects of the Sex Education Program on Elders' Sex Perception and Life Satisfaction  

Park, Gong-Ju (Department of Nursing, Gimhae College)
Jung, Hyang-Mi (Department of Nursing, Dong-Eui University)
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The Korean Journal of Health Service Management / v.8, no.3, 2014 , pp. 181-192 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a sex education program on the aged's sex perception and the life satisfaction. It was the non-equivalent control group pre-post test design, the number of subjects was 65 people as the experimental group and 70 people as the control group over 65 the aged. The program was conducted for 80 minutes a time for 6times of the N settlement house in P city from August 25 to September 16 in 2011. The study tool which was developed by Lee(1999) and revised by Jeong(2007), was used to measure the sex perception. The life satisfaction was measured by Naugarten(1961) and modified by Kim(2002). The date were analyzed as SPSS Win 17.0, the percentage, t-test, and the hypothesis was analyzed as t-test. The experimental group got higher scores on the sexual percetion(t=3.816, p<.001) and the life satisfaction(t=4.594, p<.001). This program is for generalized that must be performed in a repeat and comprehensive study with the many aged.
Keywords
Aged; Sex Education; Sex Perception; Life Satisfaction;
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