[The sexual life of 60-year-old Danish men].
BACKGROUND
The sexuality of men is influenced by many factors, and there are changes throughout life. In a literature search only 35 fairly representative cross-sectional studies of elderly men were found. There is no population study of elderly Danish men's sexuality. The aim of our study was to describe the sexual life of a group of 60-year-old men from the Copenhagen area.


METHODS
The material is a random sample of 66 men from a cohort found to be fairly representative of 60-year-old men in the County of Copenhagen. The men were interviewed using structured guidelines, which also included open questions.


RESULTS
Around half of the men felt sexual desire once a week or more. Around one third had had fewer than four sexual partners throughout their lives, and six per cent did not have a partner at the time of the interview. Slightly more than half had intercourse once a month or more. Two thirds masturbated. One tenth had problems with the erection. Two thirds were satisfied with their sexual life.


CONCLUSIONS
This study reveals a large variation in the sexual life of elderly Danish men.
Eplov
Lene Falgaard
LF
Center for Sygdomsforebyggelse, Københavns Amt. Falgaard@dadlnet.dk
Weigner
Thomas
T
Solstad
Kim
K
D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003718:Denmark; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D019529:Sexuality / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires