Association between sense of coherence and health and well-being among older survivors of a natural disaster: a prospective outcome-wide study

Abstract We examined whether pre-disaster Sense of Coherence (SOC) mitigated the impact of housing damage on health and well-being of older survivors after the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. A panel survey was conducted in a city located 80 km west of the epicenter seven months before and three...

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Main Authors: Hiroyuki Hikichi, Koichiro Shiba, Jun Aida, Katsunori Kondo, Ichiro Kawachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43672-z