Energy as a central factor in the self-assessment of health.
This article explores the role of energy in conceptualization of health, based on self-reported health ratings in 310 women (master's-prepared nurses) ages 50 to 70 years. The health self-assessment instrument consists of 1 global and 10 specific items. The item energy level emerged as central--loading on both the psychosocial health and physiologic health factors and accounting for 48% of variance of Global Health Self-Assessment. These findings build on the World Health Organization definition of health as a synthesis of psychosocial and physiologic well-being; energy level is key to an integrated view of health.
School of Nursing Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D004194:Disease; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012647:Self-Assessment