A salutogenic program to enhance sense of coherence and quality of life for older people in the community: A feasibility randomized controlled trial and process evaluation

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 108-116

  Tan, Khoon Kiat ^a   Chan, Sally Wai Chi ^b   Wang, Wenru ^c   Vehviläinen Julkunen, Katri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Focus group; Older people; Process evaluation; Quality of life; Randomized controlled trial; Resilience; Salutogenesis; Self care program; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNOR DAVIDSON RESILIENCE SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ACTIVATION MEASURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALUTOGENESIS; SELF CARE; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SENSE OF COHERENCE SCALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTIVATION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGAPORE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MOTIVATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CARE; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84952872739     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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