@article{ref1,
title="Lifetime abstention of sexual intercourse and health in middle-aged and older adults: Results from wave 2 of the national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions",
journal="Archives of sexual behavior",
year="2014",
author="Chou, K.-l. and Ng, I.S.F. and Yu, K.-m.",
volume="43",
number="5",
pages="891-900",
abstract="This study aimed to examine the association of lifetime abstention of sexual intercourse with lifetime Axis I and II psychiatric disorders, attempted suicide, past-year Axis I psychiatric disorder, past-year medical condition, past-year obesity, health-related quality of life, and health service use in middle-aged and older adults in the United States. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in the 2004-2005 Wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Analyses were performed for the subsample aged 40 years and older (males = 14,427; female = 19,860). Lifetime abstinence from sexual intercourse, sociodemographic variables, prevalence of lifetime Axis I and II DSM-IV psychiatric disorders, schizophrenia, and attempted suicide, past-year Axis I psychiatric disorders, 14 medical conditions, obesity, health-related quality of life, and health service use were obtained. The prevalence of lifetime abstinence from sexual intercourse was 0.90 % (0.88 % for males; 1.00 % for females). The adjusted risks of any lifetime and past-year Axis I disorder, any lifetime and past-year substance-use disorders, lifetime alcohol-use disorder, lifetime and past-year alcohol-abuse disorder, lifetime nicotine dependence, lifetime drug-use disorder, and lifetime drug-abuse disorder were significantly lower for who abstained from sexual intercourse than for those who did not. However, those who abstained from sexual intercourse were more likely to have a diagnosis of obesity and lifetime avoidant and dependent personality disorders. The unadjusted risk of dysthymic disorder was also significantly greater for those who abstained from sexual intercourse. <br><br>RESULTS indicate that the effect of lifetime absence of sexual intercourse on psychiatric disorders is mixed. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-0002",
doi="10.1007/s10508-013-0176-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-013-0176-z"
}