Health Philosophy of Dietitians and Its Implications for Life Satisfaction: An Exploratory Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
References and Notes
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N | Percent | |
---|---|---|
Gender | 479 | 100 |
Female | 462 | 96.5 |
Male | 16 | 3.3 |
Education | 476 | 99.4 |
BS | 208 | 43.4 |
MS | 241 | 50.3 |
PhD | 27 | 5.6 |
Years in Practice | 479 | 100 |
Less than 1 | 25 | 5.2 |
1–4 | 96 | 20.0 |
5–9 | 81 | 16.9 |
10–14 | 48 | 10.0 |
15–25 | 76 | 15.9 |
25–34 | 98 | 20.5 |
Greater than 35 | 55 | 11.5 |
Primary Role | 479 | 100 |
Clinical | 179 | 37.4 |
Community | 208 | 43.4 |
Education | 45 | 9.4 |
Management | 23 | 4.8 |
Outside Dietetics | 20 | 4.2 |
Unemployed/Retire | 4 | 0.8 |
Scale/Sample | N | Mean Score (95%CI) | SD | Range |
---|---|---|---|---|
Life Satisfaction | ||||
Dietitian Study | 477 | 27.12 (26.7–27.5) | 4.37 | 17–35 |
Adult Women a | 171 | 22.90 | 6.7 | 5–35 |
Health Conception * | ||||
Dietitian Study | 477 | 69.85 (64.7–66.7) | 11.66 | 22–96 |
Health Conception-Clinical | 24.28 (23.6–25.0) | 7.87 | 7–42 | |
Health Conception-Wellness | 41.33 (40.9–41.9) | 5.66 | 9–54 | |
Adult Women b | 90 | |||
Health Conception-Clinical | 35.82 | 8.08 | 18–48 | |
Health Conception-Wellness | 38.94 | 5.90 | 23–48 | |
Healthy Lifestyle and Personal Control | ||||
Dietitian Study | 479 | 73.50 (72.9–74.2) | 8.80 | 42–97 |
Adult Sample (Greece) c | 285 | 64.61 | 11.84 | 35–98 |
Integrative Medicine † | ||||
Dietitian Study | 440 | 71.23 (67.2–69.5) | 12.98 | 39–108 |
Physicians, Chiropractors, and Accupuncturists d | 294 | 62.25 | 18.75 | 43–74 |
Scale/Domain | No. of Items | Mean Score (SD) | Item Means | Internal Consistency † |
---|---|---|---|---|
Life Satisfaction | 5 | 27.12 (4.37) | 5.42 | 0.809 |
Health Conception | 16 | 69.85 (11.66) | 4.11 | 0.900 |
Clinical | 7 | 41.33 (5.66) | 3.47 | 0.914 |
Wellness | 9 | 24.28 (7.87) | 4.60 | 0.894 |
HPLCQ | 26 | 73.5 (8.80) | 2.83 | 0.812 |
Integrative Medicine-26 * | 26 | 71.23 (12.98) | 2.74 | 0.886 |
Variables | Satisfaction | HC Index | HC Wellness | HC Clinical | IM-26 | HPLCQ | Gender |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Satisfaction | 1 | ||||||
HC Index | 0.038 | 1 | |||||
HC-Wellness | 0.206 ** | 0.514 ** | 1 | ||||
HC-Clinical | −0.013 | 0.860 ** | 0.228 ** | 1 | |||
IM-26 | 0.079 | −0.010 | 0.066 | −0.032 | 1 | ||
HPLCQ | 0.357 ** | 0.003 | 0.093 * | 0.074 | −0.006 | 1 | |
Gender | −0.144 ** | −0.141 | −0.133 ** | −0.003 | 0.079 | 0.001 | 1 |
Scale/Sample | N | Mean Score | SD | Range | Skewness |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Life Satisfaction-Full Scale | |||||
Analysis Group | 477 | 27.12 | 4.37 | 17–35 | −0.29 |
Outliers | 41 | 12.85 | 2.46 | 6–16 | 1.813 ** |
Health Conception-Full and Subscales a | |||||
Analysis Group | 448 | 65.70 | 11.52 | 22–96 | −0.73 |
Outliers- | 39 | 65.00 | 10.68 | 30–80 | −1.23 |
Clinical Subscale | 463 | 24.31 | 8.00 | 7–42 | −0.33 |
Outliers | 41 | 24.61 | 6.61 | 9–35 | −0.48 |
Wellness Subscale | 461 | 41.39 | 5.76 | 9–54 | −1.86 |
Outliers | 39 | 39.94 | 0.70 | 14–49 | −1.97 |
Healthy Lifestyle and Personal Control-Full Scale | |||||
Analysis Group | 454 | 73.50 | 8.80 | 42–97 | −0.73 |
Outliers | 39 | 64.87 | 9.74 | 45–81 | −1.23 ** |
Integrative Medicine-26 b | |||||
Analysis Group | 440 | 68.38 | 13.46 | 36–107 | −0.015 |
Outliers | 36 | 63.80 | 11.75 | 36–81 | −0.554 |
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Grace-Farfaglia, P.; Pickett-Bernard, D.; White Gorman, A.; Dehpahlavan, J. Health Philosophy of Dietitians and Its Implications for Life Satisfaction: An Exploratory Study. Behav. Sci. 2017, 7, 67. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs7040067
Grace-Farfaglia P, Pickett-Bernard D, White Gorman A, Dehpahlavan J. Health Philosophy of Dietitians and Its Implications for Life Satisfaction: An Exploratory Study. Behavioral Sciences. 2017; 7(4):67. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs7040067
Chicago/Turabian StyleGrace-Farfaglia, Patricia, Denise Pickett-Bernard, Andrea White Gorman, and Jaleh Dehpahlavan. 2017. "Health Philosophy of Dietitians and Its Implications for Life Satisfaction: An Exploratory Study" Behavioral Sciences 7, no. 4: 67. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs7040067