What is the best definition of quality of life?
There are a lot of definitions! It depends on the conceptual approach from the scientist. If you define quality of life as health status, your definition will express this belief. I define it as satisfaction with life, and have developed a definition that expresses this. I cannot say that my definition is best or the only one. It is a subject for debate. And your definition is … The degree of overall life satisfaction that is positively or negatively affected by people’s perception of specific aspects of life important to them, including matters both related and unrelated to health. Is it a problem that scientists do not agree on the definition? I do not think that the scientific community will ever agree. Is it important that scientists agree on all aspects? Some measures do need consensus. For example, if my meter is different from your meter, we obviously cannot communicate because it will be impossible to compare data. We have to agree that we disagree on the definition. But most i
