Table 2 Breathlessness and sexual inactivity and self-rated health
From: Breathlessness and sexual activity in older adults: the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Without breathlessness at baseline N = 421 (52.8%) | With breathlessness at baseline N = 377 (47.2%) | p-valuea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | N observations | N observations | |||
Sexually inactive | 421 | 276 (65.6) | 377 | 293 (77.7) | < 0.001 |
Self-reported cause of sexual inactivity | 266 | 285 | 0.81 | ||
Health reasons | 80 (30.1) | 91 (31.9) | |||
Loss of interest | 60 (22.6) | 70 (24.6) | |||
Loss of partner | 58 (21.8) | 49 (17.2) | |||
Partner’s loss of interest | 48 (18.1) | 49 (17.2) | |||
Self-rated health (higher is worse) | 421 | 2.4 ± 0.9 | 377 | 3.1 ± 1.1 | < 0.001 |
Median (IQR) | 421 | 2 (2−3) | 377 | 3 (2−4) | < 0.001 |
Self-reported health compared to perception of others’ health of the same age | 415 | 1.3 ± 0.5 | 369 | 1.5 ± 0.6 | < 0.001 |
Better | 300 (71.3) | 201 (53.3) | |||
Same | 102 (24.2) | 143 (37.9) | |||
Worse | 13 (3.1) | 25 (6.6) | |||
Not reported | 6 (1.4) | 8 (2.1) | |||
Follow-up at 2 years | N = 368 (87.4%) | N = 320 (84.9%) | 0.30 | ||
Sexually inactive | 268 | 195 (72.8) | 243 | 185 (76.1) | 0.38 |
Change from baseline in sexual inactivity | 268 | 0.07 ± 0.38 | 243 | 0 ± 0.33 | 0.034 |
-1 (from inactive to active) | 11 (4.1) | 13 (5.4) | |||
0 (no change) | 228 (85.0) | 217 (89.3) | |||
1 (from active to inactive) | 29 (10.8) | 13 (5.4) | |||
Median (IQR) | 0 (0−0) | 0 (0−0) | 0.033 | ||
Self-rated health (higher is worse) | 364 | 2.6 ± 1.0 | 315 | 3.1 ± 1.0 | < 0.001 |
Median (IQR) | 2 (2−3) | 3 (2−4) | < 0.001 | ||
Change from baseline in self-reported health (higher is worse) | 364 | 0.16 ± 0.9 | 315 | 0.08 ± 1.0 | 0.28 |
-2 | 15 (4.1) | 15 (4.8) | |||
-1 | 58 (15.9) | 69 (21.9) | |||
0 (no change) | 176 (48.4) | 129 (41.0) | |||
1 | 83 (22.8) | 79 (25.1) | |||
2 | 32 (8.8) | 23 (7.3) | |||
Median (IQR) | 0 (0−1) | 0 (-1−1) | 0.31 | ||
