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Table 8 Included articles discussing health from the perspective of elderly people

From: Concepts of health in different contexts: a scoping review

Authors, year

Country

Article type/ study design

Perspective (population)

Subthemes of Concept of health

Subthemes of Dimensions of health

Boggatz, 2016 [50]

Austria

Concept analysis

Older adults

Subjective, adapting to change, satisfying life

 

Cresswell-Smith et al., 2018 [51]

Finland/Italy/Norway/ Spain

Rapid review

Older adults, 80 years and older

Adapting to change, self-management, daily functioning

Functional, social, individual, environmental

Ebrahimi et al., 2012 [43]

Sweden, USA

Phenomenological approach

Elders in emergency treatment, 80 years and older, or 65 years and older with chronic diseases

Subjective, adapting to change

Individual, environmental

Fange & Ivanoff, 2009 [52]

Sweden

Grounded theory method

Old age, between 80 and 89 years old

Participation, self-management

 

Goins et al., 2011 [53]

USA

Qualitative approach

community dwelling persons aged 60 years or older in west Virginia

Participation, subjective, adapting to change, satisfying life, multi-sided

Physical, functional, mental, spiritual

Noghabi et al., 2013 [54]

Iran

Theoretical analysis of literature and empirical observation. Hybrid concept analysis.

Old people, 65 years and older

Self-management

Physical, mental, social, spiritual, environmental

Shearer et al., 2009 [47]

USA

Qualitative descriptive design

Older women with chronic illness

Participation, satisfying life, adapting to change, self-management, subjective

 

Song & Kong, 2015 [18]

Republic of Korea

Systematic review

Older adults

Self-management, adapting to change, satisfying life

Physical, mental, social, spiritual

Zhang et al., 2014 [49]

China

Qualitative descriptive design

Chinese elderly with chronic illness

Multi-sided, self-management