quality of sexual life and its relationship with socio-demographic characteristics among older men with symptoms of andropause

Background & aim: evidence now indicates insufficient knowledge about thequality of sexual life of older adults with symptoms of andropause. this study wastherefore performed to measure the quality of sexual life of older adults withsymptoms of andropause and its relationship with some socio-demographiccharacteristics.methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 271 older adults withsymptoms of andropause, who were selected by convenience sampling from healthcenters in mashhad, iran in 2021. the data was collected using a demographicquestionnaire and the men's sexual quality of life questionnaire. data wereanalyzed using correlation tests, independent t-tests, and one-way analysis ofvariance.results: the mean age of older men with andropause was 73.37±8.08 years. thequality of sexual life had a significant relationship with the underlying variablesincluding age, education, type of employment, duration of marriage, age of spouse,education of spouse, type of spouse employment, type of sexual attitude of thespouse, number of sexual intercourse and chronic diseases (p<0.05). the resultsshowed a significant inverse relationship between quality of sexual life andandropause severity in older adults (r = -0.36, p <0.001).conclusion: based on the results, it can be recommended to the healthcareplanners to improve quality of sexual life of older men with andropause by payingmore attention to the role of changeable factors such as knowledge and type ofsexual attitude of spouses, knowledge regarding andropause and sexualintercourse as well as monitoring some underlying diseases in planning healthpromotion programs.