Definitions Flashcards
Activities of Daily Living
Daily self-care activities. used to assess the functionality of an individual, esp. elderly
Birth rate
Number of Live births per population per year
Clinical Audit
An improvement on a clinical process. Uses systematic review against specific criteria and implements a change.
Clinical effectiveness
Degree to which an organisation ensures ‘best practice’ is being followed
Coping
the process of managing stress
Critical appraisal
Carefully and systematically judging research on its trustworthiness, value and relevance
Death rate
Number of deaths in a given population over a given time scale
Disease
A psychological or physiological dysfunction
Disease prevention
Measures taken to prevent disease rather than the cure or treatment of them .
Ethnicity
Cultural; Beliefs and outlooks that distinguish a group of people. may inculde a common language, beliefs or traditions
Illness
An individuals perceptional notion of disease
Infant Mortality Rate
Number of deaths of <1 year olds in one year with the birth rate as a denominator
Perinatal Mortality rate
All still births and deaths within 1st week wth he birth rate (still and live) used as a denominator
Prevalence
Total number of cases of a disease in a population at any one time
Quality of Life
General well-being of individuals and societies. Refers to physical, mental, societal and emotional functioning
Race
Group of people linked by biological or genetic factors
Risk
The likelihood of harm occurring
Self-efficacy
A person’s belief in their ability to succeed/manage a particular situation
Sex
Biological characteristics of an individual
Social Class
A form of social Stratification
1 - professionals 2 - managerial and technical 3 - Skilled non-manual 4 - Skilled manual 5 - partly skilled manual 6 - Unskilled
Stress
The bodies response to the demands placed upon it
Sick Role
Temporarily, medically sanctioned social role of being sick (excused from normal responsibilities)
