Wellness is commonly conceptualized as having many dimensions, but little effort has been made to evaluate how spiritual and psychological dimensions are related to overall wellness. To explore the relationship between measures of spiritual and psychological wellness and perceived wellness in a college student population, the authors administered a series of survey instruments to 112 undergradu...

A personal wellness indicator is a software system that can give people a better understanding of their wellness conditions and can help them improve their wellness levels. The personal wellness indicator is a decisionsupport system for healthcare professionals. An agent-based wellness visualization system was developed as the proof concept. The agent-based system is constructed from the operat...

Introduction Physicians are at much higher risk for burnout, depression, and suicide than their non-medical peers. One of the working groups from the May 2017 Resident Wellness Consensus Summit (RWCS) addressed this issue through the development of a longitudinal residency curriculum to address resident wellness and burnout. Methods A 30-person (27 residents, three attending physicians) Welln...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Wheel of Wellness counseling on wellness lifestyle, depression, and health-related quality of life in community dwelling elderly people. METHODS A parallel, randomized controlled, open label, trial was conducted. Ninety-three elderly people in a senior welfare center were randomly assigned to two groups: 1) A Wheel of Wellnes...

The health cost crisis has spawned a thriving cost-control industry that offers an ever-growing number of “solutions.” The authors of this article encourage employers to go back to the basics in evaluating these offerings, including their wellness policies and programs. This article describes the many ways different employers do wellness, the evidence base for wellness, how employers should tar...

BACKGROUND School wellness policies are a key component to the prevention of adolescent obesity. This national research study sought to understand the wellness environment in school districts across the country and to identify challenges districts face and needs they have in order to effectively implement, monitor, and evaluate school wellness policies. The study determined (1) perceptions, bar...

Old age is considered to be the phase of degenerative changes taking place in an individual’s life span. It is one of the different phases of life which is characterized by physical as well as psychological decline. Old age contributes in bringing about a change in individual’s behavior, attitude, intelligence, ability physical capacity etc. Deficiency in either of the form makes a person distr...

By putting together a comprehensive wellness strategy, employers are not only "doing the right thing" but also are able to see, believe and maintain the tangible return on investment (ROI) that wellness programs are capable of delivering. This article discusses employers' ROI from wellness initiatives, as well as innovations that support a culture of wellness and what enhanced opportunities for...

This review determines the characteristics and health-related and economic outcomes of employer-sponsored wellness programs and identifies possible reasons for their success. PubMed, ABI/Inform, and Business Source Premier databases, and Corporate Wellness Magazine were searched. English-language articles published from 2005 to 2011 that reported characteristics of employer-sponsored wellness p...

OBJECTIVES To develop, implement, and evaluate a culturally respectful Wellness Course with and for Alaska's village-based Community Health Workers (CHWs) to support community health promotion and disease prevention. STUDY DESIGN This article describes Wellness Course development, implementation, and evaluation. METHODS Five 5-day Wellness Courses were provided for 55 CHWs from communities ...