Abstract
The aim of this study was to clarify the relevance sense of coherence (SOC) and psychological health has on the life of ostomates. The subjects were 208 members of A prefecture branch of Japanese Ostomy Association using the questionnaire about their life, SOC13 and GHQ12. We analyzed 121 of them(response rate 58.2％) and found that the postoperative burden like the difficulty of the stoma care, anxiety about future and life, and the progress after an operation itself had an effect on their Sense of Coherence and psychological health rather than their background either their life with his/her spouse, family or not. Moreover, a significant correlation was seen between SOC and GHQ and so, it suggested that psychological health was excellent when sense of coherence was high.
