Quality Of Life Analysis

With regards, to my personal experience taking the assessment, I noticed that there was the same type of question asked but in different forms. For example, the use of using substances to aid in coping was ask in the beginning, middle and end of the assessment. I was also able to quickly notice the areas that I am stronger in than others. I already had a

Concepts are terms that talk about phenomena that occurs either in nature or in thoughts. Concept has been described as an abstract term originated from specific attributes and “a symbolic statement describing a phenomenon or a class of phenomena” (McEwen & Wills, 2014, p. 50). Concept analysis expands the knowledge needed in our careers and enriches and widens the continuously changing knowledge in nursing. The term “quality of life” is frequently used in in nursing practice. However, the definition of this term is very ambiguous and interpretations of its meaning often vary. Numerous authors of previous concept analyses of quality of life emphasize the importance of developing a concept of quality of life that is exclusive to nursing and not built on the viewpoints of sociology or other disciplines (Plummer & Molzahn, 2009)

Boehm, J. K., Vie, L. L., & Kubzansky, L. D. (2012). The promise of well-being interventions for improving health risk behaviors. Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports, 6(6), 511-519.

The message that my total health assessment articulates about my current state of health is that although my lifestyle choices are fairly ideal, there is always room for improvement. The categories that pertain to the physical health component of wellness, include eating habits, physical activity, tobacco/drug/alcohol use, sleep, and safety. All of these categories are applicable to the physical health aspect of wellness, because they all have a great impact in the way your body physically feels and looks, depending on the choices you choose to make, which can either be positive or negative. In addition, the categories that affect the mental health component of wellness, include attitudes towards life, spiritual connectivity, stress management,

Psychological well-being that involves the consciousness of self-acceptance, personal growth including openness to new experiences, optimism, hopefulness, purpose in life, control of one’s environment, spirituality, self-direction, and positive relationships.

Even if we use the word “happiness” on daily basis, has anyone ever tried to define it? It’s harder than it seems. When do you feel happy? How is it when you feel happy? Is there any way to understand how much happiness to you experience? This is the main hypothesis of this paper – Can happiness or wellbeing be measured? And if it can be measured, how do we measure it? Happiness is feeling pleasure and enjoyment because of your life, situation (Meriam Webster). Pleasure and enjoyment are very subjective and means different things to different people. This is where the term subjective wellbeing comes from. There are a lot of things that can be included when measuring wellbeing. Various studies have been conducted to assess wellbeing and how does it affect other factors. For example Earlstin(1995) and later on Ferrer-i-Carbonell(2005) have examined the relationship between income and happiness. Gruber(2004) studies the relationship cigarette taxation and happier smokers. Richard, Clark, Gerogellis and Diener(2004) analyze the effect of unemployment on wellbeing.

With more than 500 million Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer's, the quality of their life with the disease is predictable. There are different stages of the disease that range from mild, moderate, and severe. A person with the mild form of the disease could experience finding the right word during conversations difficult, forgetting the names of new acquaintances, and difficulty planning and organizing. A severe form would cause the patient to be confused and unaware of their environment and surroundings. They would need assistance on activities of daily living, have trouble recognizing common faces, struggle to remember personal details, as well as wandering. These severe cases lead to losing the ability to communicate and in the end death. Mrs. F knew the fate of her declining health through this disease. She would progressively become incapable to control her own actions and the disease will eventually lead to death.

The journal that I had selected deals with the relationship between health behaviors and happiness. Through the use of cross-sectional survey of 800 randomly selected university students, researchers were able to analyze what it takes for students to remain happy when undergoing many life struggles.

Happiness is not the only indicator of psychological wellbeing. There are some others such as life satisfaction (e.g. Neugarten, Havighurst, &Tobin, 1961; Wood; Wylie, & Sheator, 1969), emotional and mental health , or subjective wellbeing (Kozma, Stones, & McNeil, 1991). These concepts have been used synonymously with psychological wellbeing, however, even though they are related with psychological wellbeing, they are not identical and should not define psychological wellbeing (Stull, 1987).

The wellbeing of people has been the main driver to bring changes over time. The term ‘well-being’ refers to both mental and physical statue of human. It basically means the health of individuals.

The World Health Organisation defines the state of well-being in which every individual realises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community. The National Wellness Institute of Australia also elaborates that well-being is more than the absence of illness, and is subjective (self-assessed) and objective (ascribed) dimensions.

For the first section of this project, I performed a self-assessment of my well-being using Seligman’s five pillars of positive psychology: Positive emotion, engagement, meaning, relationships, and accomplishment (Grison, Heatherton, & Gazzaniga, 2015). I identified the characteristics of each pillar and compared them to similar criteria in my life. This process provided me with an in-depth understanding of my life in relation to the model. Following the

In order to understand the Biomedical model of health and wellbeing, the meaning behind the terms biomedical, health and wellbeing must be understood. The term ‘biomedical’ combines both biological and medical science. It is a term used consistently within health care, that helps portray the clear links with the biomedical concepts. ‘Bio’ simply means living, or living organism. ‘Medical’ refers to the diagnosis and cure of a disease with the input of science. Health can be defined as a ‘complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.’ This means that any disturbances that would effect either physical, mental or social well being, will have possible consequences regarding one's health in the

(WHO, 1948) describes health as ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease of infirmity’? There are other dimensions of health such as physical health, mental health and emotional health which can be broken down and looked at individually.

Currently, quality of life (QOL) as a measure of individuals’ subjective feelings on various aspects of life and health is regarded as an important concept. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines QOL as ‘an individual’s perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns’(World Health Organization, 1997). To evaluate the extent of QOL, the WHOQOL Group developed an assessment instrument called WHOQOL-BREF, (WHOQoL Group, 1998; World Health Organization, 1996) a shortened, 26-item instrument.