MCQ assessment Flashcards
(117 cards)
Chronic illnesses
prolonged; rarely cured; periods of exacerbation and remission
chronos
passage of time itself
growing life expectancy with chronic illness
> 60 have 2.2 chronic conditions
cardiovascular diseases
most cause of disability world wide
health is multidimensional
state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease
disease
biological event with diagnosis
illness
subjective experience
Biomedical model
by Descartes; body as machine and mechanistic view of illness
mechanistic view
every disease has bio cause
association btw pathophysiology
includes psychosocial and environmental factors
George Engel
understand respond to patients suffering
biopsychosocial model
Bio -> social -> psycho
disability
limited physically or mentally
medical model of disability
disease that can be changed by doctors and specialists
social model of disability
address barriers socially to help individual
WHO of disability
both medical and social; biopsychosocial approach
impairments
loss/abnormality of body/organ structure and function
disabilities
restriction or lack of ability t perform
handicap
social consequences of disabilities; disadvantage in the social roles
ICIDH definition
disease (glaucoma) -> impairment (vision) ->
disability (seeing) -> handicap/disad -> orientation
criticism of ICIDH
focus on handicap and disability and stigmatizing
ICF definition
activities (disabilities) and participation (handicap)
ICF of functioning disability and health
body functions and structures -> activities/participation (capacities) -> environmental factors (barriers)
specific symptoms
physiological/psychological