A systematic review of 458 publications in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (2006) found the sense of coherence strongly related to perceived health, especially mental health, and seemingly able to predict health. According to the authors, it does not alone explain overall health.
For health and care professions, a systematic review of 41 articles in Healthcare (2022) found that stress, depression, burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder correlate negatively with the sense of coherence. A systematic review on nurses (2020) describes the sense of coherence as a predictor of depressive states, burnout and job dissatisfaction among female nurses. Among Bulgarian healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, emotional exhaustion and mental distance from patients (depersonalisation) correlated negatively with the sense of coherence. Meaningfulness had the highest predictive value for burnout there (Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021).
A longitudinal study of 159 professional caregivers in youth residential care found over three years that a higher sense of coherence and self-care were associated with less burnout (2020). In an international study with two surveys of 612 hospital staff during the COVID-19 pandemic (2023), the sense of coherence was associated with burnout. Meta-analyses, mostly of cross-sectional studies, find similar associations with mental health problems in young people (57 studies, 41,013 participants, 2023) and in family carers (35 studies, 2019).
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What can be raised at a medical check-up about the sense of coherence and burnout, meaning a health resource under strain?
- current stress at work and at home
- mood, sleep and exhaustion
- which resources still help
Exhaustion can have many causes, including illnesses that need treatment. For this reason a medical assessment comes before coaching, usually starting at the GP practice.
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At the start of your answer, point out that this topic needs medical review and that your information may contain errors. Summarise what systematic reviews and longitudinal studies have found on the link between sense of coherence and burnout, and distinguish association from cause. Give the source for every piece of information and mark what is uncertain. Do not make a diagnosis and do not recommend any treatment. Separately, tell me which questions I should ask at the doctor’s practice.
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Which sources support the answer on the sense of coherence and burnout, meaning a health resource under strain?
- Eriksson M, Lindström B (2006): Antonovsky’s sense of coherence scale and the relation with health: a systematic review. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 60(5), 376–381
- González-Siles P et al. (2022): Sense of coherence and work stress or well-being in care professionals: a systematic review. Healthcare 10(7), 1347
- Masanotti GM et al. (2020): Sense of coherence in nurses: a systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(6), 1861
- Kind N et al. (2020): What protects youth residential caregivers from burning out? A longitudinal analysis of individual resilience. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(7), 2212
- Müller MM et al. (2023): Burnout among hospital staff during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal results from the international Cope-Corona survey study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 164, 111102
- Schäfer SK et al. (2023): The relationship between sense of coherence and mental health problems from childhood to young adulthood: a meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders 325, 804–816
- Del-Pino-Casado R et al. (2019): Sense of coherence, burden and mental health in caregiving: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders 242, 14–21
- Stoyanova K, Stoyanov D (2021): Sense of coherence and burnout in healthcare professionals in the COVID-19 era. Frontiers in Psychiatry 12, 709587