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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| author | Hiroyuki Hikichi Koichiro Shiba Jun Aida Katsunori Kondo Ichiro Kawachi |
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| description | 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 years after the disaster (3594 respondents). Among respondents with lighter property damage, higher SOC was inversely associated with mental distress (coefficient − 0.29, 95% CI (confidence interval) − 0.39, − 0.19, p < .01), unhappiness (coefficient − 0.33, 95% CI − 0.43, − 0.23, p < .01), low expectation of mutual help (coefficient − 0.17, 95% CI − 0.27, − 0.07, p < .01), and weak community attachment (coefficient − 0.20, 95% CI − 0.30, − 0.11, p < .01). Conversely, among those who experienced housing loss, higher SOC was no longer protectively associated with health and well-being. Loss of generalized resistance resources due to serious damage led to difficulties in stress coping. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8301d778c8064a5aa774a6939b6b60c22023-11-26T12:51:26ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-09-0113111210.1038/s41598-023-43672-zAssociation between sense of coherence and health and well-being among older survivors of a natural disaster: a prospective outcome-wide studyHiroyuki Hikichi0Koichiro Shiba1Jun Aida2Katsunori Kondo3Ichiro Kawachi4Kitasato University School of MedicineDepartment of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public HealthDepartment of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityCenter for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba UniversityDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthAbstract 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 years after the disaster (3594 respondents). Among respondents with lighter property damage, higher SOC was inversely associated with mental distress (coefficient − 0.29, 95% CI (confidence interval) − 0.39, − 0.19, p < .01), unhappiness (coefficient − 0.33, 95% CI − 0.43, − 0.23, p < .01), low expectation of mutual help (coefficient − 0.17, 95% CI − 0.27, − 0.07, p < .01), and weak community attachment (coefficient − 0.20, 95% CI − 0.30, − 0.11, p < .01). Conversely, among those who experienced housing loss, higher SOC was no longer protectively associated with health and well-being. Loss of generalized resistance resources due to serious damage led to difficulties in stress coping.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43672-z |
| spellingShingle | Hiroyuki Hikichi Koichiro Shiba Jun Aida Katsunori Kondo Ichiro Kawachi Association between sense of coherence and health and well-being among older survivors of a natural disaster: a prospective outcome-wide study Scientific Reports |
| title | Association between sense of coherence and health and well-being among older survivors of a natural disaster: a prospective outcome-wide study |
| title_full | Association between sense of coherence and health and well-being among older survivors of a natural disaster: a prospective outcome-wide study |
| title_fullStr | Association between sense of coherence and health and well-being among older survivors of a natural disaster: a prospective outcome-wide study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between sense of coherence and health and well-being among older survivors of a natural disaster: a prospective outcome-wide study |
| title_short | Association between sense of coherence and health and well-being among older survivors of a natural disaster: a prospective outcome-wide study |
| title_sort | association between sense of coherence and health and well being among older survivors of a natural disaster a prospective outcome wide study |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43672-z |
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