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Table 9 Included articles discussing health from a philosophical perspective

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

Authors, year

Country

Article type/ study design

Perspective (theoretical approach)

Subthemes of Concept of health

Subthemes of Dimensions of health

Included articles discussing health from a social science perspective

Bauer et al., 2020 [55]

Switzerland, Canada, Kenya, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Israel, Austria, Singapore, Netherlands,

Literature study

Salutogenic

  

Bircher & Kuruvilla, 2014 [3]

Switzerland

Multi-grounded theory method

Multi-grounded theory

Wellbeing, adapting to change, multi-sided

Environmental, individual, social

Cloninger et al., 2012 [56]

USA

Literature study

Holistic

Multi-sided, adapting to change

 

de Araújo et al. 2012 [57]

Brazil

Theoretical study

Hermeneutics

Subjective, adapting to change

 

Elliot, 2016 [58]

United Kingdom

Literature study

Eudaimonistic

Multi-sided

 

Ereshefsky, 2009 [59]

Canada

Paper

Naturalist/ normativist

 

Physical, mental

Haverkamp et al., 2018 [7]

The Netherlands

Practice-oriented review

Philosophical

  

Huber et al. 2011 [5]

The Netherlands

Analysis

Positive health

Adapting to change, self-management

Physical, mental, social

Leonardi, 2018 [1]

Italy

Literature study

Epistemological

Self-management, adapting to change, daily functioning

 

Misselbrook, 2014 [60]

Bahrain

Note

Human flourishing

Satisfying life, adapting to change

 

Misselbrook, 2016 [61]

Bahrain

Literature study

Human flourishing

Satisfying life, multi-sided, adapting to change

Physical, mental, social, spiritual, others

Prinsen & Terwee, 2019 [15]

The Netherlands

Mixed-method study including a literature search, a qualitative and quantitative ranking study, followed by a content validity study

Positive health

  

Reed, 2019 [62]

USA

Review

Philosophical

Subjective, satisfying life

Physical, social

Van Spijk, 2015 [63]

Switzerland

Scientific contribution

Philosophical anthropology

Satisfying life

 

Sturmberg et al., 2010 [17]

Australia/USA

Literature study

Philosophical

Subjective, adapting to change, multi-sided

Physical, mental, social, functional

Sturmberg, 2014 [64]

Australia

Commentary

Philosophical

Adapting to change

 

Tengland, 2016 [65]

Sweden

Critical discussion

Holistic/ capability approach

Subjective, wellbeing, multi-sided

Environmental

Tyreman, 2011 [66]

United Kingdom

Literature study

Phenomenological/ hermeneutics

Multi-sided, subjective, adapting to change, participation

 

Venkatapuram, 2013 [4]

United Kingdom

Debate

Capability approach

Daily functioning, subjective, satisfying life

 

Included articles discussing health from a biomedical science perspective

Boorse, 2011 [67]

USA

Conceptual analysis

Naturalist

Complete wellbeing or functioning

 

Boorse, 2014 [68]

USA

Reactions to critics

Naturalist

Complete wellbeing or functioning

 

Hafen, 2016 [16]

Switzerland

Sociological systems theory

Health/health impairment-continuum

Complete wellbeing or functioning

 

Schroeder, 2013 [69]

United Kingdom

Literature study

Comparative

Daily functioning