Status of sexuality among healthy older nigerian adults accessing recreational facilities

Background: Sexual activities are natural phenomenon that comes with some levels of satisfaction, interest, urge, desire and sensation which usually decline with advancing age. Objective: To determine the status of sexuality among healthy older Nigerian adults accessing recreational facilities and to verify the null hypotheses of no significant differences. Methods and Materials: A descriptive survey research was done on 480 healthy older Nigerian adults accessing recreational facilities using simple random sampling procedure. Data was collected through interview method and questionnaire. The descriptive statistics was employed in analyzing the quantitative data. All the analyses were conducted using SPSS version 21. Results: The study revealed that the status of sexuality among healthy older Nigerian adults accessing recreational facilities was satisfactory. Statistically, significant difference existed on some socio-demographic variables while no significant difference was indicated on others at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: The status of sexuality among healthy older Nigerian adults accessing recreational facilities was satisfactory. However, sexuality is a life time activity and thus should be given optimum considerations irrespective of socio-demographic differences.