The six human dimensions are:

• Physical dimension
• Emotional dimension
• Intellectual dimension
• Environmental dimension
• Spiritual dimension
• Sociocultural dimension

Physical dimension:

This dimension includes components such as age, gender, genetic inheritance, and race. All these elements affect the person’s health status and health practice.

Strength: Regular health check-up and exercises can help to overcome diseases.

Weakness: Few diseases are inherited due to genetic inheritance.

Emotional dimension:

This dimension is caused due to the disturbance in the mind that in turn affects health.

Strength: The person should relax as it helps to reduce the stress.

Weakness: Negative emotion may lead to more stress that affects the functioning of the body.

Intellectual dimension:

This dimension includes past experiences, abilities and educational background. During illness, it influences the learning process of the person regarding health and nursing care.

Strength: Following a proper diet and regular exercise reduces the disease.

Weakness: Not eating nutritious food leads to the detriment of this dimension.

Environmental dimension:

This dimension affects health in many ways. It includes components such as pollution, cleanliness, climate and food.

Strength: It is best to use few remedies like skin creams suggested by the doctors. Also, by keeping our surroundings clean, which in turn, will help to reduce stress.

Weakness: Increase in pollution may cause different types of cancer. Again, change in climatic condition and improper sanitation will lead to various other types of diseases.

Spiritual dimension:

The important elements of spiritual dimension are beliefs and values. It is significant to follow all the beliefs and values to understand the importance of the individual patient.

Strength: It is good for the nurses and doctors to follow the values and beliefs as it helps them to understand the patients.

Weakness: It is hard for the nurses and doctors to follow all the beliefs and values.

Sociocultural dimension:

The elements of sociocultural dimension are family, economic status, culture, and lifestyle. These elements affect the person’s pattern of living.

Strength: Parents should teach their children to not follow bad social habits.

Weakness: Drinking and smoking is injurious to health but people do the same just to maintain their culture.