The Sense of Coherence and Health Behavior of Men with Alcohol Addiction

INTRODUCTION: Alcohol dependence is one of the world's major health challenges. The salutogenic concept of health developed by Antonovsky focuses on the search for resources and factors supporting health. Its basic concept of the sense of coherence (SOC) focuses on strengthening the global orientation of the patient, and creating permanent internal resources that translate into the improvement of pro-health behavior, including the fight against alcoholism.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine the correlation between individual factors and the SOC as well as the influence of the SOC concept on pro-health behavior of people addicted to alcohol.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study group consisted of 110 men undergoing treatment in an addiction treatment ward. To check the level of the SOC, two standardized questionnaires, Antonovsky's "SOC-29 Life Orientation Questionnaire" and Juczyński's "Health Behaviour Inventory", were used. The correlation coefficient between the sociodemographic variables was checked using the Pearson's r test.

RESULTS: A positive correlation was found with the intensity of pro-health behaviors for three sociodemographic variables. In people aged 43-65 (r = 0.299; p = 0.030), people with primary/vocational education (r = 0.276; p = 0.015), and respondents living in rural areas (r = 0.303; p = 0.028) a greater SOC was associated with pro-health behaviors.

CONCLUSIONS: Individuals addicted to alcohol are characterized by a low SOC and a low level of pro-health behaviors. Strengthening the internal level of the SOC can constitute an element of addiction therapy when introducing health education to prepare the patient for independent life in sobriety.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 19(2022), 14 vom: 16. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Curyło, Mateusz [VerfasserIn]
Rynkiewicz-Andryśkiewicz, Marlena [VerfasserIn]
Andryśkiewicz, Przemysław [VerfasserIn]
Mikos, Marcin [VerfasserIn]
Lusina, Dariusz [VerfasserIn]
Raczkowski, Jan W [VerfasserIn]
Juszczyk, Grzegorz [VerfasserIn]
Kotwas, Artur [VerfasserIn]
Sygit, Katarzyna [VerfasserIn]
Kmieć, Kamila [VerfasserIn]
Cipora, Elżbieta [VerfasserIn]
Kaczmarski, Mateusz [VerfasserIn]
Banaś, Tomasz [VerfasserIn]
Strzępek, Łukasz [VerfasserIn]
Śliwczyński, Andrzej [VerfasserIn]
Krakowiak, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Świtalski, Jakub [VerfasserIn]
Partyka, Olga [VerfasserIn]
Czerw, Aleksandra [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alcoholism
Journal Article
Pro-health behavior
Salutogenesis
Sense of coherence

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.07.2022

Date Revised 30.08.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph19148650

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM344062929