What is wellness? Investigating the importance of different domains of wellness among laypeople and experts: A survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Lack of consensus on wellness has led to a vast number of different conceptualisations, which hinder international efforts to monitor individual-level wellness and social progress comparably. This study aimed to aid in the harmonisation of the concept by contributing to the scarce research on laypeople's views on wellness. The study investigates whether the importance of different areas of wellness varies depending on age, gender, education or socio-economic position. Furthermore, considering that wellness models are often constructed by expert panels, this study aimed to shed light on how experts' and laypeople's views on wellness vary.

Methods

Altogether, 1152 laypeople and 23 Finnish experts rated the importance of 61 systematic review-based wellness domains. Each do

SUBMITTER: Kauppi KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11742701 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature