Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : Sense of coherence as a resource in relation to health-related quality of life among mentally intact nursing home residents – a questionnaire study | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Open Access Sense of coherence as a resource in relation to health-related quality of life among mentally intact nursing home residents - a questionnaire study Jorunn Drageset 1 2 Harald A Nygaard3 Geir Egil Eide2 4 Margareth Bondevik2 Monica W Nortvedt1 and Gerd Karin Natvig2 Address faculty of Health and Social Sciences Bergen University College Haugeveien 28 N-5005 Bergen Norway 2Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care University of Bergen Kalfarveien 31 N-5018 Bergen Norway 3NKS Olaviken Hospital for Old Age Psychiatry N-5306 Erdal and Section for Geriatric Medicine Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care University of Bergen Norway and 4Centre for Clinical Research Haukeland University Hospital N-5021 Bergen Norway Email Jorunn Drageset - Harald A Nygaard - Geir Egil Eide - Margareth Bondevik - Monica W Nortvedt - Gerd Karin Natvig - Corresponding author Published 21 October 2008 Received 30 May 2008 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008 6 85 doi 1477-7525-6-85 Accepted 21 October 2008 This article is available from http content 6 1 85 2008 Drageset et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Sense of coherence SOC is a strong determinant of positive health and successful coping. For older people living in the community or staying in a hospital SOC has been shown to be associated with health-related quality of life HRQOL . Studies focusing on this aspect among nursing home NH residents have been limited. This study investigated the
