2.4 Health Literacy, Psychological & Neuropsych Assessments Flashcards
_____ _____ is the ability to obtain, communicate, process, and understand basic health information.
Health literacy
In addition to basic literacy skills, _____ ______ requiresknowledge of health topics, such as how the body works and causes of disease.
health literacy
_____ _____ also requires numeracy skills such as
calculating insulin dosage, measuring medication, understanding nutrition labels, andinterpreting lab results.
Health literacy
Signs of low _____ ______ include deferring questions abouttheir health history to a family member, stating that a family member handles their medications,frequent hospitalizations or emergency room visits, misuse of medications, and not being ableto verbalize the plan of care.
health literacy
____ ____ _ ____ _____ _ _______ (REALM)
Assesses the ability of adult patients to read common medical words and lay terms for illnesses and body parts.
Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine
__ ____ ____ ____ – A toolthat tests literacy skills for both numbers and words. The patient is given a specially designed ice cream nutrition label to review and is asked a series of questions about it.
The Newest Vital Sign
___ _ ____ ____ ____ ______ (TOFHLA)
A more complex assessment that takes 20 minutes or more to administer and consists of twoparts, each with different types of questions.
Test of Functional Health Literacy Assessment
Many employers offer ____ ____ through which
participants are screened for risk factors and offered free education and support in areas where improvement is needed.
wellness programs
A _____ _____ should be performed on clients who have suffered a head injury to determine if there are any deficits.
neuropsychological evaluation
The ____ ___ ____ ____ __ _____ _____ is used to follow the recovery of the traumatic brain injury (TBI) patient.
Rancho Los Amigos Scale of Cognitive Functioning
The ___-___ Test is a brief (approximately 3-minute) assessment instrumentused to screen for cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s, and related dementia.
Mini-Cog
The ___-___ involves two parts, a 3-item recall and a Clock Drawing Test
(CDT) given in 3 steps.
Mini-Cog
The ___-____ ____ Exam is an assessment of
cognitive function consisting of 11 questions.
Mini-Mental Status
The ____-____ _____ takes approximately 10
minutes to administer and can be used to help diagnose cognitive impairment following a headinjury or the presence of dementia.
Mini-Mental Status
_______-_ is used by healthcare professionals to measure the level ofdepression of a client.
Hamilton D
