MODULE 2 FAMILY ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Question 1

Management of illness requires consideration of

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personal and religious beliefs; social, economic or cultural problems; personal feelings and expectations, and family

Question 2

allow us to have a systematic means of understanding the family and also to aid in the evaluation of the impact of illness to person and to family function

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FAMILY ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Question 3

different tools used to assess family structure and function

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1. Family tree or Genogram
2. Family Map
3. Family APGAR
4. SCREEM
5. Family Lifeline

Question 4

A schematic or graphic chart representation of both the genetic pedigree of family and key psychosocial and interactional data using standardized symbols

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FAMILY TREE/GENOGRAM

Question 5

rr Four components of the family genogram are

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1. Structure
2. Demographics
3. Events
4. Problems

Question 6

Provides a quick overview of the family members and relationships

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FAMILY TREE/GENOGRAM

Question 7

A way to visually overlay biomedical and psychosocial information

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FAMILY TREE/GENOGRAM

Question 8

A study tool for gaining a comprehensive understanding of multigenerational family systems

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FAMILY TREE/GENOGRAM

Question 9

The greatest barrier to the universal adoption of the genogram

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the time spent to develop one

Question 10

Tool that reflects family relationships and interaction patterns

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FAMILY MAP

Question 11

Provides schematic description of whom to ask for assistance in making decisions for the patient

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FAMILY MAP

Question 12

Possible source of somatic complaint will also be identified basing from the mapping of family relationships

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FAMILY MAP

Question 13

how power & authority is distributed in the family

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Hierarchy

Question 14

rules defining who participates in the subsystem & how they participate

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Boundaries

Question 15

relationship between at least three people , where two collude against another

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Coalition

Question 16

unconscious assignment of roles to each member of the family

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Role selection

Question 17

positive relationship between any two members of a system

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Alliance

Question 18

occurs when boundaries are diffuse, as when parents have no privacy from their children or when members are overly reactive to stress on one member & demonstrate lack of individual autonomy

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Enmeshment

Question 19

boundaries that are too rigid, as when the mother & the child exclude the father’s involvement in parenting

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Disengagement

Question 20

occurs when a third person is drawn into a two pair system so as to diffuse anxiety or conflict w

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Triangulation

Question 21

are ordered sequences of interaction that typify how families function

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Family patterns

Question 22

• 10-15 minute pencil and paper tool that elicits the person’s perception and level of satisfaction on the current state of family relationships

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FAMILY APGAR

Question 23

Tool that qualitatively measures family functioning

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FAMILY APGAR

Question 24

FAMILY APGAR stands for

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adaptation 
Partnership 
Growth 
Affection 
Resolve

Question 25

Measures the satisfaction attained in solving problems by communicating

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Partnership

Question 26

Capability of the family to use inherent resources, which are either intra-familial or extra-familial

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Adaptation

Question 27

Measures satisfaction of the available freedom to change

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Growth

Question 28

Measures the member’s satisfaction with the intimacy and emotional interaction in the family

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Affection

Question 29

Measures member’s satisfaction with the commitment made by other members of the family

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Resolve

Question 30

Family system tool used for Symptoms that manifest as psychosomatic disorder such as headache, anxiety, depression, insomnia, fatigue and increased pediatric complaints

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FAMILY APGAR

Question 31

SCREEM STANDS FOR

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S ocial C ultural R eligious E conomic E ducational M edical

Question 32

Tool where the physician helps the family identify and assess their resources to meet a crisis situation

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SCREEM

Question 33

USED In situations where long term care is needed such as in chronically sick patients, terminally ill and hospice patients

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SCREEM

Question 34

Presentation of a family’s life events in a limited space which allows quick retrieval of information that provides identification of factors that may affect health of the family

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FAMILY LIFELINE

Question 35

Interpretation is based on most significant events that probably affects the health of each member or that may influence the health seeking behavior or perception of health of the individual or family

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FAMILY LIFELINE