Self-Care and Sense of Coherence: A Salutogenic Model for Health and Care in Nursing Education

Background: Effective advocacy on self-care and the enhancement of a sense of coherence among nurses don’t only benefit control over one’s health and personal performance, but it may have a direct impact on clinical care and on the entire healing system. In this regard, nursing curricula grounded on...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2022-08, Vol.19 (15), p.9482
Main Authors: Colomer-Pérez, Natura, Paredes-Carbonell, Joan J., Sarabia-Cobo, Carmen, Useche, Sergio A., Gea-Caballero, Vicente
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Activities of daily living
Careers
Chronic illnesses
Coherence
Curricula
Dependent variables
Disease prevention
Education
Health care
Independent variables
Lifestyles
Medical personnel
Mental health
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Professionals
Questionnaires
Stress
Students
Variables
Variance analysis
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Summary:Background: Effective advocacy on self-care and the enhancement of a sense of coherence among nurses don’t only benefit control over one’s health and personal performance, but it may have a direct impact on clinical care and on the entire healing system. In this regard, nursing curricula grounded on a salutogenic model of health (SMH) operate with strategies to engage students in self-care and contribute to improving their mental health and wellbeing. The aim of this study was to explore the relationships between self-care agency and a sense of coherence as dependent variables and the age and self-reported academic performance as independent variables in nursing assistant students. Methods: For this cross-sectional study, data were collected from a full sample of 921 Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Spanish students. A self-administered questionnaire, including sociodemographic variables, the ‘appraisal of self-care agency’ (ASA), and the ‘sense of coherence’ (SOC) constructs, was administered. Results: Older participants presented significantly stronger values of both constructs. Apart from a significant and positive correlation between ASAS and SOC, ANOVA analyses indicate significant differences in terms of academic performance according to different ASAS and SOC degrees. Conclusions: The findings of this study endorse the assumption that there is a consistent relationship between ASA and SOC constructs that might, indeed, have a potential effect on students’ academic performance. In practical terms, it seems relevant to try to recognise the students’ self-care agency and the sense of coherence as forceful predictive variables of mental health and wellbeing, in addition to academic success as a strength implied in the future career achievement.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph19159482