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Is Sense of Coherence a determinant of well being in arthritis: A pilot study in an urban slum of Siliguri subdivision, West Bengal

Anindita Chakraborty, Bibekananda Das, Kajal Kumar Patra, Maj Indrayudh Banerjee and Kishore P. Madhwani
Page: 417-422 | Received 18 Jun 2023, Published online: 04 Jul 2023

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Abstract

For a long time, arthritis has been an issue for the elderly, costing them money and degrading their quality of life. However, the disease's reach has transcended age barriers and even younger people are being impacted. As evidenced by numerous studies, the sense of coherence (SOC), which is the subjective sensation of wellness, has recently been discovered to influence all types of diseases, including arthritis. To determine the physical and psychological impact of arthritis on study subjects and to measure distribution of SOC among study subjects and find out its correlation with various indicators of arthritis. Methods: This study was a community based descriptive epidemiological study with cross sectional design conducted in urban field practice area of North Bengal Medical College (UHTC), Matangini colony ward no‐28 consisting of 919 households and total population of 3694. Study was conducted from April 2018‐February 2019. A suitable predesigned pretested Proforma for data collection was used. Template was generated in MS excel sheet and analysis was done on SPSS software. In the present study male were 80 (80%) and female were 20 (20%). About 83 (83%) study subjects were involved in sedentary work and 17 (17%) were involved in moderate work. In the study 6 (6%) subjects were hypertensive followed by diabetic 4 (4%). Subjects of the mean age 46.19 years were suffering from arthritis for 29.60 months and subjects of mean age 45 year were suffering from arthritis for 27 months. In the present study 21 (21%) of the participants were on medication for arthritis and 79 (79%) were not on any medication for arthritis. Conclusion: Minimal value of overall rate of sense of coherence was 80 and maximal value was 158. Minimal value of overall rate of sense of comprehensibility was 34 and maximal value was 112. These findings imply that giving early care priority will ensure that susceptible arthritis patients receive high‐quality care.

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Anindita Chakraborty, Bibekananda Das, Kajal Kumar Patra, Maj Indrayudh Banerjee and Kishore P. Madhwani. Is Sense of Coherence a determinant of well being in arthritis: A pilot study in an urban slum of Siliguri subdivision, West Bengal.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.417.422
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