Deck 3: Assessment of Personal and Population Health

Question 1

A(n) _______________ is usually viewed as an objectively identifiable and clinically diagnosable condition.

A) Medical condition
B) Sickness
C) Illness
D) Disease

Answer 1

A, B, D

Question 2

Which of the following concentrates on determination of death by qualified medical personnel on the bases of prevalent and acceptable medical standards?

A) American Medical Association Act
B) Uniform Determination of Death Act
C) Unified Decision of Death Act
D) Universal Determination of Death Act

Answer 2

B

Question 3

______________ was the most common reported disability according to a study in 2013.

A) Inability to live independently
B) Impaired vision
C) Difficulty in self-care
D) Impaired mobility

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following is a framework for measuring and describing health and dysfunction?

A) The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health
B) Katz Activities of Daily Living Scale
C) Global Classification of Dysfunction Scale
D) Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale

Question 5

The _________________ is used to assess patients' view of their own health in a number of areas.

A) The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health
B) International Statistical Classification of diseases and Related Health Problems
C) Nottingham Health Profile
D) Medical Outcomes Study

Question 6

Numeric estimates of severity of personal health status are pooled to obtain an aggregated score called the ______________.

A) Health Assessment Score
B) Health Assessment Value
C) Health Measurement System
D) Health Index

Question 7

Which of the following involves an estimation of aggregated years of life lost in a population due to premature deaths?

A) Premature years of life lost
B) Years of potential life lost
C) Aggregated years of life lost
D) Population years of life lost

Question 8

The ___________________ is a standardized system of assigning diagnostic codes to diseases, injuries, abnormalities and various signs and symptoms for the purpose of classification, reimbursement, and statistical analysis.

A) International Classification of Diseases
B) Quality-Adjusted Life Years
C) International System of Disease Classification
D) International Classification of Symptoms

Question 9

Help seeking for psychosocial issues in adult life often result from ________________.

A) Physical impairments
B) Family/friends urging the person to seek help
C) Self-revelation
D) Personal tragedies

Question 10

In ________________ methods, descriptive responses to a battery of questions on health status are converted into numeric estimates of severity.

A) Subjective
B) Scaling
C) Health rating
D) Severity estimation

Question 11

A "clean bill of health" given by a healthcare providers indicates the absence of any pathology.

Question 12

The determination of death guidelines do not apply to children.

Question 13

When assessing BMI, it is not important to consider a person's age.

Question 14

The Short Form 36 measures quality life across 8 domains.

Question 15

A(n) _____________ is a partial or complete physical or mental inability to perform normal tasks and activities of life and work.

Question 16

Under the Affordable Care Act of 2010, nonprofit hospitals are required to conduct ________________ every 3 years.

Question 17

The term ____________________ refers to the estimation of the overall impact of a specific disease or a group of diseases in a population.

Question 18

Which of the following are commonly used to assess a person's ability to function?

A) Daly Measure of Daily Living Scale
B) Katz Activities of Daily Living Scale
C) Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale
D) Medical Measure of Daily Living Scale

Question 19

Which of the following are domains of functionality within the Disability Assessment Schedule questionnaire?

A) Cognition
B) Financial stability
C) Getting along
D) Level of disability

Question 20

Unscramble the letters to get the word that can be defined as a "physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities".
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