SEXUALITY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN PERSONS OLDER THAN 60 YEARS

Abstract

Sexually transmitted infections (STI) and sexual problems are studied in 302 persons aged 61-85 (155 women and 143 men). About 55 % of men and 70 % of women had laboratory markers of sexual infections. Trichomoniasis – was tested in 15 % of men, and in 22 % of women, herpes virus simplex, type 2 and human papilloma virus of different types – from 11 % to 18 %. Half of males and females have at least one sexual problem, and two and more have three. It is necessary to make active screening, treatment and preventions of STI and sexual frustration among older persons in Ukraine.