Sense of coherence as a predictor of subjective state of health

Suominen, Sakari; Helenius, Hans; Blomberg, Helena; Uutela, Antti; Koskenvuo, Markku

doi:10.1016/s0022-3999(00)00216-6

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“…SOC scores can be interpreted as an autonomous internal resource contributing to the favorable development of a subjective state of health. SOC scores should be regarded as complementary to and not a substitute for information already known to be associated with an increased risk for future illness (Suominena et al 2001). Our results demonstrated that SOC scores within the low GHQ-12 group were significantly higher than those in the high GHQ group, which is consistent with previous studies (Matsuzaki et al 2007;Sagara et al 2009;Urakawa and Yokoyama 2009).…”

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“…Previous studies have evaluated the association between SOC scores and physical health and reported that high SOC scores, indicate a good stress management capability, were associated with reduced mortality from cancer and CVD, suggesting that SOC characterizes a form of resilience against disease (Barefoot and Schroll 1996). Also, SOC scores can be interpreted as an autonomous internal resource contributing to the favorable development of a subjective state of health, and has been regarded as a complement to and not a substitute for information already known to be associated with increased risk for future illness (Suominena et al 2001). However, the association between SOC scores and traditional and alternative atherosclerotic markers, such as carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) in a community sample has not been fully investigated.…”

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Good Stress Management Capability Is Associated with Lower Body Mass Index and Restful Sleep in the Elderly

Teraoka

Hayashida

Shinkawa

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Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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Psychosocial stress is generally associated with adverse health behaviors and has been linked to the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Recently, an individual's sense of coherence (SOC), which is a concept that reflects the ability to cope with psychosocial stress, has been recognized as an essential component of long-term health and stress management. The association between SOC and traditional and alternative atherosclerotic markers in a community sample, however, has not been thoroughly investigated. In the present study, we evaluated stress management capability and psychological conditions using the Japanese version of the Sense of Coherence-13 (SOC-13) Scale, supplemented by the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) that screens for minor psychiatric disorders. The study subjects were 511 adults, median age 64 years (range 48-70), who participated in a regular medical screening program in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. We then correlated our findings with atherosclerotic risk factors in the same community sample, such as body mass index (BMI) and proper and regular sleeping habits. We found that close association between good stress management capability and lower BMI and/or regular sleeping habits in elderly Japanese. This provides strong evidence that BMI and sleep management are contributory to SOC. If the ability to cope with psychosocial stress is important to the prevention of CVD, then weight control and proper sleep habits must be emphasized from a psychosocial stress-management perspective as well as a physical one.

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Good Stress Management Capability Is Associated with Lower Body Mass Index and Restful Sleep in the Elderly

Teraoka

Hayashida

Shinkawa

et al. 2013

Tohoku J. Exp. Med.

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“…Therefore, the basic confidence of the person in his or her healthmaintenance efforts and the basic confidence in his or her own abilities for defining meaningfulness seem to be of great importance to minimizing or avoiding PD in Sek and Pasikowski (2002) found that sense of coherence most strongly influences primary appraisal: the persons with a high sense of coherence evaluated stressors as burdensome, but also viewed these as a challenge and not as threatening, thus leading to active and health-maintaining styles of coping. Numerous studies in research areas distinct from psychiatry (e.g., Schnyder et al 2000;Forbes 2001;Suominen et al 2001) have demonstrated that sense of coherence is a strong predictor for mental health and mental well-being. Cederblad and Hansson (1996) confirmed this in a study on a clientele characterized by a range of manifest psychiatric symptoms, and not by specific diagnoses of mental disorders.…”

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Which factors influence the psychological distress among relatives of patients with chronic functional psychoses? An exploratory study in a community mental health care setting

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Aim: This research aimed to assess the contribution of the five core areas of the transactional stress model to the relatives' psychological distress (PD) when informally taking care of patients with functional psychoses treated in community mental health care. Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional data from 163 relatives were collected in interviews, while data on 158 patients were collected by analyzing clinical charts. The following areas were assessed: socio-demographic and illness-related features of the patients, socio-demographic features of the relatives (environmental variables); sense of coherence, mastery, causal attributions and opinions of relatives about mental disorders (person variables); interpersonal problems with the patients as well as the assessment of their symptoms by the relatives themselves (primary appraisal); support received, critical life events and burden of relatives caused by their own illnesses (secondary appraisal); control behavior and efforts of relatives to engage the patients in activities (coping). PD was assessed with the 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire. Bi-variate correlation analysis and a multiple linear regression model were the main test statistical approaches. Results: Correlation analysis showed that differences between diagnostic groups referred to primary and secondary appraisal processes, in particular. Results of the statistical model provided evidence for the importance of primary appraisal and person variables for influencing PD, and for the lack of importance of coping and environmental variables. Conclusion: The study enhanced the validity of the transactional stress model to demonstrate the influence of salutogenetic concepts such as sense of coherence

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“…On the other hand, a positive health perception has been strongly correlated with healthy conducts, promotion of physical and emotional well-being, earlier improvement from diseases and better longevity 8 . Moreover, some authors have distinguished the influence of personality characteristics on the health perception 9 .…”

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Health self-perception by dementia family caregivers: sociodemographic and clinical factors

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Truzzi

Souza³

et al. 2011

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Caring for a demented family member has been associated with burden. Studies concerning health self-perception of family caregivers are still scarce. Objective: To investigate caregivers perceived health and to look into relationships with patients and caregivers' sociodemographic and clinical data. Method: Dyads of dementia outpatients and family caregivers (n=137) were assessed with Mini Mental State Examination, Functional Activities Questionnaire, Neuropsychiatric Inventory and Clinical Dementia Rating. Caregivers answered Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories, Zarit Burden Interview and Maslach Burnout Inventory. Results: Caregivers poor perceived health was associated with emotional exhaustion, burden, depression and anxiety. Logistic regression analyses revealed caregivers' age, anxiety and physical problem as the main predictors of health self-perception. Conclusion: Aged family caregivers with anxiety who also report physical problem characterize a group at risk for poor self-perceived health. Evaluation of health self-perception may be useful for designing interventions to improve anxiety and physical health. Key words: dementia family caregiver, dementia, health self-perception, age, anxiety.Autopercepção de saúde em cuidadores familiares de pacientes com demência: fatores sociodemográficos e clínicos RESUMO Cuidar de familiar com demência tem sido associado a sobrecarga. Estudos sobre autopercepção de saúde em cuidadores ainda são escassos. Objetivo: Investigar autopercepção de saúde em cuidadores e relação entre dados sociodemográficos e clínicos de cuidadores e pacientes. Método: Díades de pacientes demenciados e cuidadores familiares (n=137) foram avaliados pelo Mini Exame do Estado Mental,

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Sense of coherence as a predictor of subjective state of health

Cited by 178 publications

References 24 publications

Good Stress Management Capability Is Associated with Lower Body Mass Index and Restful Sleep in the Elderly

Good Stress Management Capability Is Associated with Lower Body Mass Index and Restful Sleep in the Elderly

Which factors influence the psychological distress among relatives of patients with chronic functional psychoses? An exploratory study in a community mental health care setting

Health self-perception by dementia family caregivers: sociodemographic and clinical factors

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