Formative past papers 4

Question 1

Different kinds of normality

Answer 1

• Statistical
• Cultural
• Attitudinal
• Circumstantial
• Individual

Question 2

Coping

Answer 2

process of managing stress

Question 3

Critical Appraisal

Answer 3

process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its:

• trustworthiness
• value and relevance in a particular context.

Question 4

Infant Mortality Rate

Answer 4

death rate in children <1

with the number of live births in the same year as the denominator

Question 5

Mortality rate: The death rate

All-cause mortality:

Answer 5

= number of deaths (from any cause) in a particular population

it’s scaled to their population size, expressed per 100,000 persons per year

Question 6

Quality of Life

Answer 6

The general well-being of individuals and societies.

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a multi-dimensional concept that includes domains related to physical, mental, emotional and social functioning, and focuses on the impact health status has on quality of life.

Question 7

QUALY

Answer 7

Is a measure of disease burden, including both the quality and the quantity of life lived. It is used in assessing the value for money of an intervention. The QALY is based on the number of years of life that would be added by the intervention.

Question 8

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL)

Answer 8

= multi-dimensional concept that:

includes physical, mental, emotional and social functioning,

focuses on impact health status has on quality of life.