The meta-analysis in the Journal of Advanced Nursing (2025) with 2,178 participants found significant effects compared with usual care directly after the interventions and at three months, especially for salutogenic interventions. For self-management programmes, the pooled sample size was still insufficient according to the authors. At six months or later, no significant difference was found.
For the world of work, the Handbook of Salutogenesis (2017) describes workplaces in which people experience meaningfulness, manageability and comprehensibility, and approaches to promote such health-enhancing job characteristics.
If exhaustion has already set in, a medical assessment comes first. Questions of meaning and of how to manage work and life can follow once an illness has been ruled out or treatment is agreed with the doctor.
This question belongs to the topic Family, prevention and coaching. It lists further questions.
What can be raised at a medical check-up about strengthening the sense of coherence, meaning salutogenic interventions?
- whether there are medical reasons against more activity
- which forms of support are available locally
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.
When can exhaustion become an emergency? · Why see a doctor before coaching for burnout?
Which prompt can be given to an AI assistant about strengthening the sense of coherence, meaning salutogenic interventions?
At the start of your answer, point out that this topic needs medical review and that your information may contain errors. First ask me which city I am searching in. A medical assessment of my exhaustion has taken place. List services in my city that work on the basis of salutogenesis. 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 details I should check directly with the practice.
With some services, the prompt needs to be pasted after signing in. The AI services belong to third parties. Depending on the service and the extent of use, signing in and costs may apply. AI answers can contain errors.
Which sources support the answer on strengthening the sense of coherence, meaning salutogenic interventions?
- Liu Y et al. (2025): Non-pharmacological interventions targeting sense of coherence among older adults and adults with chronic conditions: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing 81(4), 2165–2198
- Jenny GJ et al. (2017): The application of salutogenesis to work. In: The Handbook of Salutogenesis, Springer, Chapter 20
- gesund.bund.de (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, mit IQWiG): Burn-out-Syndrom, Stand 28.05.2021 (in German)