“…Our point of departure was that people's sense of coherence reflected their capacity to feel confident that there was predictability in relation to what occurred in their lives, and in their capacity to handle new life circumstances. This theoretical perspective has also been used in other studies to show patients' ability to cope with diseases and changed life circumstances (Varre et al, 2011;Kvåle and Synnes, 2013;Lövheim et al, 2013;Winger et al, 2016;Harrop et al, 2017;Maass et al, 2017).…”