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. 2021 Mar;39(1):16-28.
doi: 10.1177/0898010120942965. Epub 2020 Jul 23.

Associations Between Nurse-Patient Interaction and Sense of Coherence Among Cognitively Intact Nursing Home Residents

Jorunn Drageset  1   2 , Siw Eriksen Taasen, Birgitte Espehaug, Britt Moene Kuven, Wenche Mjanger Eide  1 , Beate André, Eva Rinnan  3 , Gørill Haugan  3   4
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Associations Between Nurse-Patient Interaction and Sense of Coherence Among Cognitively Intact Nursing Home Residents

Jorunn Drageset et al. J Holist Nurs. 2021 Mar.

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Abstract

Aim: To investigate the association between nurse-patient interaction and sense of coherence among cognitively intact nursing home residents. Method: In a cross-sectional design, data were collected in 2017 and 2018 using the Nurse-Patient Interaction Scale (NPIS) and the 13-item Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC-13). Of the 204 cognitively intact nursing home residents who met the inclusion criteria, 188 (92%) participated, representing 27 nursing homes. Multiple regression in a general linear model estimated the possible effects of the 14 NPIS items on SOC-13 sum score, the possible effects of the NPIS (sum score) on SOC-13 (sum score) as well as on the subdimensions of SOC-13, comprehensibility, meaningfulness, and manageability (both without and with adjusting for sex and age). Results: Four of the 14 NPIS items revealed highly significant correlations with SOC-13 (sum score; unadjusted and adjusted for age and gender). Furthermore, the analysis adjusted for age and gender showed significant associations for NPIS (sum score) with SOC-13 (sum score), manageability, and comprehensibility. The correlation between NPIS and meaningfulness was not statistically significant. Conclusion: Nurse-patient interaction is significantly associated with SOC-13 and its subdimensions of comprehensibility and manageability but not meaningfulness. Nurse-patient interaction might be an important resource in relation to residents' sense of coherence and its subdimensions.

Keywords: holistic nursing; nurse–patient interaction; nursing home; older; sense of coherence.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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