Holistic and biomedical concepts of health: A study of health notions among Swedish occupational therapists and a suggestion for developing an instrument for comparative studies

Holistic and biomedical concepts of health : A study of health notions among Swedish occupational therapists and a suggestion for developing an instrument for comparative studies

The objectives of this study were to inquire into notions of health among a group of 439 Swedish occupational therapists and to test a model derived from a qualitative study by Björklund & Svensson with a representative sample of occupational therapists in Sweden. The data were collected through a questionnaire and were analyzed using descriptive statistics, cluster analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis. The means and ranking of the health notions showed that Swedish occupational therapists most frequently hold holistic notions of health, and to a lesser extent biostatistical ones. Most Swedish occupational therapists indicate that being clearly conscious of one's health notions is important both to themselves and to their profession. The test of the model provides a step towards developing an instrument for measuring notions of health that clearly distinguishes between holistic and biomedical ones and that could possibly be used for comparative studies.

Svensson, Tommy,1950-Linköpings universitet,Filosofiska fakulteten,Avdelningen för sociologi(Swepub:liu)tomsv26 (författare)
Read, Sanna (författare)
Linköpings universitetFilosofiska fakulteten (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy: Informa UK Limited13:3, s. 141-1501103-81281651-2014

Av författaren/redakt...: Björklund, Anita; Svensson, Tommy, ...; Read, Sanna

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