Association between sense of coherence in adolescence and social benefits later in life: a 12-year follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Local government concerns over expenditure on social and healthcare are growing. The aim of the present study was to explore the association between a weak 'sense of coherence' (SOC) in teens and their subsequent risk of receiving social and healthcare benefits during young adulthood, and to monitor how SOC developed during this period.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

North Denmark Region.

Participants

773 Pupils from seventh and eighth forms who answered a questionnaire in 1998.

Outcome measures

Different social benefits (from the Danish DREAM database embracing disbursed public social benefits). Change in SOC score from 1998 to 2010.

Results

722 had answered seven items of the original SOC-13 questionnaire (denoted by SOC-7).

SUBMITTER: Wurtz ET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4316432 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature