primary secondary or tertiary prevention?
Disease diagnosis and predictive factors
Terminology
Disease frequency
Potpourri
100

Pap smear

secondary prevention

100

Designation as to the nature of cause of a health problem

diagnosis

100

the study of the body's response to dysfunction or disease

Pathophysiology

100


epidemiology bathtub

100

Type of study where a group of people born about the same time are followed over several years, such as the Framingham Study

Longitudinal or cohort study

200

immunizations

primary prevention

200

The extent to which an observation when repeated gives the same result

reliability

200

An interrru0ption, cessation, or disorder of a body system or organ structure

Disease

200

the number of new cases arising in a population at risk during a specified time

Incidence

200

simultaneous collection of information necessary for classification of exposure and outcome status. 

Cross sectional study

300

use of beta adrenergic drugs after a heart attack

tertiary prevention

300

The extent to which a measurement tool measures what it is intended to measure

validity

300

the cause of disease

Etiology

300

a measure of existing disease in a population at a given point in time

Prevalence

300

What makes up the epidemiological triangle?

Host, environment, and agent

400

educating on use of wearing a helmet while riding a bike

primary prevention

400

determining the likelihood or how well the test or observation identifies people with or without a disease

sensitivity and specificity

400

the existence of two or more chronic diseases

co-morbidities

400

death rate in a population from a particular disease

mortality rate

400

the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients

Evidence based practice

500

taking tuberculosis drugs after having a positive ppd

tertiary prevention

500

the extent to which an observation or test result is able to predict the presence of a given disease or condition

Predictive value

500

How the disease process evolves

pathogenesis

500

the effects of an illness has on a person's life. Concerned with the long term consequences and effects of the disease on quality of life

Morbidity

500

These guidelines are systematically developed to inform practitioners in caring for patients with a particular disease.  Often have algorithms

Clinical practice guidelines

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