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Park, Kim, Chang, Kang, and Chun: Sexuality and Related Factors of Postmenopausal Korean Women
Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2003; 33(4): 457-463.

Published online: 28 March 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2003.33.4.457

Sexuality and Related Factors of Postmenopausal Korean Women

Young Joo Park1, Hesook Suzie Kim2, Sung Ok Chang3, Hyun Choel Kang4, Sook Hee Chun5

1Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

2Professor, College of Nursing, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA.

3Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

4Senior Researcher, Institute of Statistics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

5Doctoral Candidate College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

Copyright © 2003 Korean Society of Nursing Science

Abstract

Purpose

This cross-sectional survey was conducted to describe the sexuality of Korean women after menopause using a national sample, and to examine relationships between the sexuality and demographic, body mass index, and life style factors including smoking, alcohol use, and physical activity.

Method

From Dec. 20, 1998 to April 30, 1999, 2196 naturally postmenopausal women aged between 41 and 65 years were recruited by a disproportional stratified random sampling method from 7 metropolitans and 6 provinces in Korea. The questionnaire was used to obtain information on the demographic characteristics, life style factors, body mass index, and sexual activities.

Result

The findings show that the frequency of intercourse after menopause decreased among most of postmenopausal Korean women (64.5%). The frequency of women reported their sexual activity as satisfactory was higher among women doing physical activity, not smoking, with higher educational status, with middle socioeconomic status, without sleep disturbance, with lower body mass index, and with good subjective health status.

Conclusion

Further studies need to be designed as the longitudinal studies with larger random samples and better measures of sexuality.

Keywords: Sexuality, Postmenopausal Korean women, Life Style Factors, Demographic Factors, Body Mass Index

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