community, life satisfaction, self-esteem, sense of coherence, senior citizen

Introduction: The number of senior citizens is constantly growing, currently accounts for a fifth of the Czech population. The lack of information is known about the sense of coherence in Czech senior citizens. Aim of Study: The aim of this study was to evaluate the sense of coherence, life satisfaction and self-esteem of senior citizens living in the community. Methods: Data were collected with a tools Sense of Coherence 13 (SOC-13), Life Satisfaction Index for the Third Age-Short Form (LSITA-SF), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). Data were processed with Stata version 14, the significance level was set at 0.05. Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman's correlation coefficient were used. Results: The sample comprised 345 senior citizens living at home setting, who visited a GP in the community care from March to November 2021. Statistically significant relationships were found between LSITA-SF and religion (p = 0.011), between RSES and religion (p = 0.008), between LSITA-SF and marital status (p = 0.002), and between subjective assessment of the state of health and SOC-13 (p < 0.001), LSITA-SF (p = 0.002), and RSES (p < 0.001). The relationships was also found between age and SOC-13 (p = 0.024), LSITA-SF (p = 0.000), and RSES (p = 0.006). Statistically significant correlations (p < 0.05) existed between all tools. Conclusion: The significant correlations existed between all tools which were used. Religious respondents reported lower self-esteem than unbelieving, and also their life satisfaction was lower than unbelieving ones. Respondents who subjectively assessed their state of health better reported higher self-esteem, sense of coherence and also life satisfaction. Younger respondents reported better self-esteem, greater sense of coherence and life satisfaction than older ones. Relevance for research and practice: Research focuses on the psychosocial aspects of the aging population can help create prevention programmes designed for promoting healthy aging at home.