Eriksson Monica, Lindström Bengt, Lilja John
Folkhälsan Research Centre, Health Promotion Research Programme, Paasikivigatan 4, FIN-00250 Helsinki, Finland.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2007 Aug;61(8):684-8. doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.047498.
Antonovsky's salutogenic concept of a sense of coherence (SOC) has proved most influential in the way that health is now perceived.
To (1) describe the distribution of SOC among 40-70-year-old Alanders; (2) examine the distribution of depression in Aland, Finland, and its relationship with SOC; and (3) discuss the findings within a salutogenic framework in a societal context.
A cross-sectional study design was adopted. Antonovsky's SOC Questionnaire (13 items) and the Beck Depression Inventory (13 items) were used. In addition, in a separate questionnaire, sociodemographic information about each participant was sought, together with a question specific to this study and designed to measure self-rated health.
Aland, an autonomous island province of Finland.
The proportion of respondents reporting good health was high (64%). The overall mean (SD) SOC was 70.7 (11.7) points, whereas for farmers and fishermen it was 73.88 (8.8) and 74.33 (9.2) points, respectively. SOC was significantly and strongly related to the self-rated health score. The higher the SOC, the better was the health of the respondents. Furthermore, the study provided clear evidence of the potential of the SOC concept as a positive mental health indicator.
The SOC seems to be a health-promoting resource that supports the development of a positive subjective state of health.
安托诺夫斯基的健康源概念，即连贯感（SOC），已被证明在当今人们对健康的认知方式上具有最大影响力。
（1）描述40至70岁奥兰群岛居民的连贯感分布情况；（2）研究芬兰奥兰群岛抑郁症的分布情况及其与连贯感的关系；（3）在社会背景下的健康源框架内讨论研究结果。
采用横断面研究设计。使用了安托诺夫斯基的连贯感问卷（13项）和贝克抑郁量表（13项）。此外，在一份单独的问卷中，收集了每位参与者的社会人口统计学信息，以及一个针对本研究设计的、用于测量自我健康评价的问题。
芬兰的一个自治岛屿省份奥兰群岛。
报告健康状况良好的受访者比例很高（64%）。连贯感的总体平均（标准差）得分为70.7（11.7）分，而农民和渔民的得分分别为73.88（8.8）分和74.33（9.2）分。连贯感与自我健康评价得分显著且密切相关。连贯感越高，受访者的健康状况越好。此外，该研究提供了明确证据，证明连贯感概念作为积极心理健康指标的潜力。
连贯感似乎是一种促进健康的资源，有助于积极的主观健康状态的发展。
