Abstract
Aims and background: Well- being is a relatively new outcome related to health and diseases. Self-reported subjectives outcomes in well-being monitoring and research are based on the traditions of “hedonia” and “eudaimonia”. Hedonic approaches assess life satisfaction and affects; eudaimonic approaches assess and meaning and purpose in life. The aim of this review is to give account of identified self-report instruments with used in individuals aged >15. Methods: Systematic review of instruments used in original studies published in PubMed 2007-2012, evaluation of properties of instruments. Results: Following an evaluation of 1,321 papers, we identified 70 instruments. Domains in the instruments were: life satisfaction, positive affects, negative affects, health, activities / vitality, spirituality, and cognition. Number of items varied between 1 and 84; none of the instrument fulfilled all criteria. Conclusions: Well-being as outcome in environmental epidemiology should be monitored with validated instruments; and link subjective and objective indicators of well-being.
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