Sense of coherence in adults with congenital heart disease in 15 countries: Patient characteristics, cultural dimensions and quality of life.
Philip MoonsSilke ApersAdrienne H KovacsCorina ThometWerner BudtsJunko EnomotoMaayke A SlumanJou-Kou WangJamie L JacksonPaul KhairyStephen C CookShanthi ChidambarathanuLuis AldayErwin OechslinKatrine EriksenMikael DellborgMalin BerghammerBengt JohanssonAndrew S MackieSamuel MenahemMaryanne CaruanaGruschen VeldtmanAlexandra SoufiSusan M FernandesKamila WhiteEdward CallusShelby KuttyKoen Luyckxnull nullPublished in: European journal of cardiovascular nursing : journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology (2021)
In adults with CHD, SOC is positively associated with QoL. The implementation of SOC-enhancing interventions might improve QoL, but strategies would likely differ across countries given the substantial variation in explained variance.