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ArticleScientific reports2023

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

Hiroyuki Hikichi, Koichiro Shiba, Jun Aida, Katsunori Kondo, Ichiro Kawachi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Positioning the Sense of Coherence (SOC) in Disaster Recovery Planning and Design.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Hiroyuki HikichiKitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitazato, Minami, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan. hikichi@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp.
Koichiro ShibaDepartment of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Jun AidaDepartment of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan.
Katsunori KondoCenter for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo, Chiba, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Ichiro KawachiDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Boston University · USChiba University · JPHarvard University · USKitasato University · JPTokyo Medical and Dental University · JP

Funding

Impact of social cohesion on functional recovery after earthquake and tsunamiR01AG042463 · NIA · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI KAWACHI, ICHIRO · 2013 to 2022
$4.9M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG042463NIH HHS R01 AG042463
6 · The paper itself

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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DisastersNatural DisastersSense of CoherenceHumansJapanProspective StudiesSurvivorsTsunamis

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PMID37773258
PMCPMC10542327
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