Verificou-se, ainda, que, apesar de os profissionais de saúde afirmarem a importância de se discutir o tema, eles relatam que não o fazem e que, quando o fazem, utilizam a abordagem passiva, dependendo dos questionamentos do paciente, embora percebam a dificuldade dos idosos em buscar o serviço de saúde para falar sobre questões relacionadas à sexualidade. RESULTADOS: Foi identificada compreensão parcial do conceito de sexualidade, observando-se falas que denotam confusão dos conceitos de relação sexual e sexualidade, além do desconhecimento da sexualidade no âmbito individual. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo realizado entre 2019 e 2020, com preceptores e residentes de geriatria em um hospital público de Recife (PE), Brasil. OBJETIVO: Compreender a formação acadêmica de preceptores e residentes de geriatria acerca do conteúdo sobre sexualidade em idosos, bem como a abordagem prática do assunto nas suas rotinas médicas. Sexuality aged geriatrics professional competence. Therefore, professionals acknowledge the difficulty of addressing the subject and associate it with deficiencies in their academic training. Finally, the lack of an approach to sexuality in geriatric consultations was linked with gaps in undergraduate and specialization programs about general care for older adults, resulting in a feeling of unpreparedness to face the taboos and prejudices associated with sexuality.ĬONCLUSION: Although professionals consider it important to address sexuality with patients, most of them do not do so in medical consultations due to a number of difficulties, including the lack of a protocol to follow, which leads to a passive approach.

The respondents discuss this issue depending on the patient’s questions, despite acknowledging their difficulty in seeking a health service to talk about sexuality-related issues. Although the respondents affirmed the importance of discussing the subject, they reported that they do not, except passively.

RESULTS: A partial understanding of the respondents’ concept of sexuality was identified through statements that expressed confusion between sexual intercourse and sexuality, as well as a lack of knowledge about sexuality on an individual level. METHODS: This qualitative study was conducted with geriatrics residents and their supervisors at a public hospital in Recife, PE, Brazil in 20.

OBJECTIVE: To understand the academic training of geriatrics residents and their supervisors regarding the sexuality of older adults, as well as practical approaches to the subject in their work routines.

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