All About The Healthcare System
There are three groups of people who are more likely to use healthcare services than other people. Name 1 of them.
1) Very young people/old people (age)
2) Women
3) Higher SES people
These cognitive structures hold information about a disease.
Schemas
(I'll also accept "illness representations")
Patient: Inability to report what led to a head injury because they were drunk during the accident.
Knowledge
(I'll also accept "Embarrassment" or "Difficulty Communicating")
Featuring the second Jeopardy game in a row, this term is the wear and tear on the body from repeated overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system.
Allostatic Load
This term refers to the number of deaths due to a particular cause.
Patients who have this personality trait may be more likely to notice and report physical symptoms.
Neuroticism
(I'll also accept "Anxiety")
People who are in a _______ mood tend to report greater symptoms.
A. Better; B. Worse
B. Worse
Doctor: "You have periodontitis originating in your left interior incisor."
Medical Jargon
Having sidewalks in your neighborhood represents this mechanism linking socioeconomic status and health.
Environment
Verbal or physical aggression that may increase a person's risk for cardiovascular reactivity.
Hostility
This term describes a virtual visit with a physician.
Telehealth
By providing a label or name to an illness, you are completing this part of the illness representation process.
Identity
Doctor: After a 16-hour shift it is hard to focus on the list of symptoms provided by the patient.
Inattentiveness
This is a term representing a person's ability and confidence with numbers.
Numeracy
This term refers to the spectrum on which people can land on socioeconomic status.
The SES Gradient
(I'll also accept "The SES Health Gradient" or "Gradient")
The time between noticing a lingering pain in your shoulder and seeing the doctor is known by this term.
Delay
When thinking about this part of an illness, a person considers the effect on their quality of life.
Consequences
Doctor: Belief that elderly patients are forgetful leads to under-prescribing medication.
Stereotypes
These are regions with little access to healthy food.
Food Deserts
This is the only type of study in which you can test whether one variable caused another variable to change.
Experimental
(I'll also accept "Randomized Controlled Trial" because it is a health class)
People may visit the doctor to gain sympathy from other people, a patient benefit known by this term.
Secondary Gain
Illness representations are also referred to as these beliefs, a term implying intuition and simple reasoning.
Commonsense
Patient: Thinks they are having a heart attack; actually having a panic attack.
Seeking Psychological Help
These three components make up a person's socioeconomic status.
Education, Occupation, and Income
By taking your daily medication every three days, you are engaging in this maladaptive practice.
Creative Nonadherence
(I'll also accept "Nonadherence")