Chronic diseases
True or False?
Chronic diseases are common.
True.
Approximately half of all adults have one or more chronic diseases. One in four adults has two or more chronic health problems. As people get older, they are more likely to have chronic diseases. In fact most American adults (about 90 percent) beyond the age of sixty-five years have at least one chronic disease.
True or False?
Most chronic diseases are not preventable.
False.
Most chronic diseases are also preventable.
_________is generally considered pain that lasts longer than six months.
Chronic pain
True or False?
Cognitive-behavioral therapy has been shown to reduce pain and associated distress, depression, and anxiety.
TRUE
Who starts first in chess?
White
__________are medical disorders that generally take a long time to develop, last for a long period of time, are caused by multiple risk factors, create disability or impairment in daily living, do not spontaneously go away, and cannot generally be cured completely, but can be controlled or managed.
Chronic diseases
True or False?
When a person has comorbid disorders, he or she has two dependent disorders.
False.
When a person has comorbid disorders, he or she has two dependent disorders.
True or False?
Obtuse pain is pain that it is intense but lasts for a brief period of time. You can experience obtuse pain related to surgery, serious injury, or pain-causing disease.
False.
Acute pain is pain that it is intense but lasts for a brief period of time. You can experience acute pain related to surgery, serious injury, or pain-causing disease.
Clinical hypnosis cannot help to lower the sensation of pain or decrease the intensity of pain.
False
Which language has the most words?
A) Chinese
B) German
C) French
D) English
D) English
True or False?
Two chronic diseases—heart disease and cancer—account for about half of all deaths.
True
True or False?
The symptoms of a person’s chronic disease and his or her substance use disorder will remain the same over time.
False.
The symptoms of a person’s chronic disease and his or her substance use disorder will change over time.
What does MAT stand for?
medication-assisted treatment
Cognitive-behavioral therapists can teach you how to distract yourself from thinking negatively or focusing on your pain.
True.
Which name is rapper Sean Combs better known by?
P.Diddy
_______ is a term commonly used in medicine to describe the existence of two or more diseases or disorders in the same person—including medical diseases, substance use disorders, and mental health disorders.
Comorbid diseases
Name 3 behaviors and lifestyle choices help to prevent many serious chronic diseases.
• eating healthy foods.
• exercising and being active.
• avoiding tobacco.
• avoiding or consuming less alcohol
What is an opiod treatment agreement?
An opioid treatment agreement is a written agreement that describes what you and your health care provider expect from each other while you are using opioids for pain control.
You should work independently from your health care provider to establish a treatment plan.
False
An important first step is to work with your health care provider to develop your pain treatment plan—together.
Name at least 3 chronic diseases.
Some of the most common chronic diseases include allergies, arthritis, asthma, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, hepatitis, lupus, obesity, and oral health problems.
What are some of the benefits for getting an assessment and tests for your chronic disease?
Open discussion
With this information, treatment providers can work with patients to create treatment and recovery plans. Your treatment and recovery plans will be based on your unique treatment needs.
__________ response is a fight-or-flight response that is a physical reaction that generally includes a rapid heart rate, rapid breathing, sweating, becoming pale or flush (or both), and having a boost of energy.
Stress response
Research shows that multiple-component treatment approaches (treatment approaches that have more than one component) are no more effective than a single approach.
False.
Each component alone can do something to reduce your pain. But when combined, several pain management components working together can stop your suffering, ease your pain, and increase your well-being.