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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.11.486

A Study on the Aging Knowledge, Sexual Perception and Sexual Attitude about the Aged People in a Local Adults  

Je, Nam Joo (Department of Nursing, Changshin University)
Yang, Hyun Joo (Department of Nursing, Changshin University)
Park, Meera (Department of Nursing, Changshin University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.11, 2017 , pp. 486-497 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to: (a) explore correlations between aging knowledge, sexual perception and sexual attitude of aged people among adults, and (b) provide a database to develop an educational program to instill the right perception and sexual attitude of aged people in our society. The subjects were 340 adults aged 20-59 years living in K do, B and U city. The data were collected from June 9, 2015 to August 23, 2015 and analyzed based on the means, percentages, t-tests, ANOVA and Pearson's correlation coefficient using IBM SPSS 21.0. The subjects' score of aging knowledge was 12.12, sexual perception of aged people was 2.99, sexual attitude of aged people was 4.04. There were significant correlations between aging knowledge and sexual perception of aged people (r=0.227, p<0.001), aging knowledge and sexual attitude of aged people (r=0.369, p<0.001), sexual perception of aged people and sexual attitude of aged people (r=0.299, p<0.001). Therefore, it is necessary to provide systematic education about aging knowledge and sex of aged people by to change the perception and attitude of the elderly in our society.
Keywords
Aged; Attitude; Knowledge; Perception; Sexual;
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