Cardio Public Health

Question 1

What does the ASSIGN score include?

Answer 1

Age
Sex
Postcode
FHx of CHD or stroke
DIabetes
Cigarettes smoked daily
SBP 
Total cholesterol
HDL

Question 2

What is defined as high CVS risk?

Answer 2

20% chase of occurrence in next 10 years

Question 3

Smoking and a high total cholesterol to HDL ratio have a ?

Answer 3

Syngergistic effect

Question 4

Evidence is ranked according to?

Answer 4

Reliability aka strength of envidence

Question 5

Grade of recommendation only relates to strength of evidence, not _______

Answer 5

clinical importance

Question 6

Prevention according to the epidemiology triangle targets the?

Answer 6

agent, host and enviornment

Question 7

Prevention includes?

Answer 7

Reducing risk factors
Identify disease early
Optimise treatment and minimise impact

Question 8

Prevention can be primary = ? or secondary = ? or tertiary = ?

Answer 8

Primary - stop before it starts
Secondary - stop being as bad as it could be
Tertiary - stop later complications

Question 9

What are risk factors for AAA?

Answer 9

Smoking 
Age 
Male 
FHx
Hypertension
Ahterosclerosis
Hyperlipidaemia
Caucasian 
Deprivation?

Question 10

People tend to be afraid of ______ and expect to die from?

Answer 10

cancer
cardiac disease (e.g. heart attack)