Health Screening in the General population Flashcards
What is primordial prevention?
Prevent penetration of risk factors in a population
What is primary prevention?
Limit the incidence of disease by controlling the causes/risk factors
What is secondary prevention?
Interrupting the disease before it becomes symptomatic
What is tertiary prevention?
Limit the physical and social consequences of symptomatic disease
What is health screening?
identifying apparently healthy individuals who may be at increased risk of a disease or condition; looks for diseases before symptoms appear
What are the criteria for an appropriate screening test (3)?
- Common
- Morbidity/mortality risk high
- Must be able to treat (better than reactionary)
What is a surrogate marker?
Lab measurement or physical sign that is used in therapeutic trials as a substitute for a clinically meaningful endpoint
What are guidelines?
Safest route of addressing an issue
What is prevalence?
Proportion of people in a population who have a given disease or atribute
What is sensitivity?
It is measured as the proportion of those with the condition, who have a positive test result. It is the same as the detection rate.
What is specificity?
It is measured as the proportion without the condition, who have a negative test result
What is positive predictive value?
the probability that a patient with a positive (abnormal) test result actually has the disease.
What is negative predictive value?
probability that a person with a negative (normal) test result is truly free of disease.
What is the equation for positive predictive value?
True positives/total positives
What is the equation for negative predictive value?
True negatives / total negatives
What does it mean for a credible guideline to be broad-based?
Should go beyond effectiveness to look at harm, cost, and other clinically relevant factors
What does it mean for a credible guideline to have receny?
Not out of date
What does it mean for a credible guideline to have imprimatur?
Guidelines are respoected by professional organizations
What grade of the USPSTF is recommended against doing something?
C or lower
What are the guidelines for
140/90
What are the guidelines for >60 for HTN?
150/90
What are the guidelines for DM/CKD pts with HTN?
140/90
What is the recommendation for screening children for HTN?
No clear benefit
What is the recommendation for screening elderly for HTN?
Consider checking standing readings after one and three minutes to screen for postural hypotension, especially in the elderly.