Poczucie koherencji a zachowania zdrowotne młodzieży akademickiej. Długookresowe badanie prospektywne*

© Borgis - Medycyna Rodzinna 3/2017, s. 179-187 | DOI: 10.25121/MR.2017.20.3.179

Wacław Kruk, Joanna Burzyńska, Paweł Januszewicz, Monika Binkowska-Bury

Summary
Introduction. Lifestyle and health are linked to a salutogenic health concept where health rather than disease should be the main point of interest. The sense of coherence is an important factor conditioning the type of undertaken health behaviour. This paper documented the dynamics and the relationship between the sense of coherence and the level of health behaviour among young people/university students.
Aim. Long-term prospective evaluation of the relationship between the sense of coherence and health behaviours among students.
Material and methods. The study was carried out in 2009-2012 among 1474 students. A diagnostic survey utilizing Antonovsky’s The Sense of Coherence Questionnaire (SOC-29) and a standardized questionnaire – Juczyński’s Health Behaviour Inventory (HBI).
Results. There is no statistical difference in the sense of coherence between the first and second stage of the study (p = 0.702). Statistical differences were found between the first and second stage of the study in terms of overall intensity of health behaviour (p = 0.002) and two HBI categories: proper nutrition habits (p < 0.001) and prophylaxis behaviour (p < 0.001). There is a relationship between the total sense of coherence and intensity of health behaviour for both stages (p < 0.001).
Conclusions. The study results confirm that the dynamics of correlation does not change significantly during three-year undergraduate studies. The level of health behaviours in 2012 increased significantly in comparison with 2009, in categories: “eating habits” and “preventive behaviour”. The sense of coherence and its components (sense of comprehension, resourcefulness, sensibility) are factors that have a positive impact on health behaviour and comparable strength in the first study and repeated study.

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