As such, QOL cannot be simply equated with the terms health status, life style, life satisfaction, mental state, or well-being; rather, it is a multidimensional concept incorporating the individual's perception of these and other aspects of life [ 2].
The healthy user effect is a multidimensional concept incorporating 'health-seeking' tendencies, i.e. healthier patients request or accept more screening tests and have increased adherence to medications, but it also incorporates 'health status' i.e. the ability of patients, physically and cognitively to attend primary care and to get prescriptions filled [ 27].
QOL as a global and multidimensional concept, incorporates aspects of physical, functional, psychological, social, and economic well-being [ 7].
It is a multidimensional construct incorporating physical and mental well-being as much as social relations and functional competences [ 21].
Quality of life is a multidimensional construct, incorporating at least physical, psychological, and social well-being [ 27].
This initial overview section closes with a consideration of multidimensional and time dependant effects by developing a current, clinically relevant update of the morphogenetic fields concept, incorporating a synthesis of the clone theory and the odontogenic homeobox code.
SFM is a multidimensional concept because it incorporates the four pillars of sustainability - economic, social, cultural and environmental.
Ginhoux, F., Schultze, J.L., Murray, P.J., Ochando, J. & Biswas, S.K. New insights into the multidimensional concept of macrophage ontogeny, activation and function.
Results indicate fidelity is a multidimensional concept forming a matrix comprising physical, psychological, and conceptual dimensions.
This paper demonstrates that material attractiveness is a multidimensional concept that embodies more than the FOM.
Ginhoux, F., Schultze, J. L., Murray, P. J., Ochando, J. & Biswas, S. K. New insights into the multidimensional concept of macrophage ontogeny, activation and function.
