health status indicators

Question 1

health status

Answer 1

an individual or populations overall health and wellbeing, taking into account various indicators

Question 2

health status indicators

Answer 2

standard statistics that are used to measure and compare health status
- self assessed health status
- life expectancy
- mortality
- morbidity
- burden of disease
- rates of hospitalisations
- core activity limitation
- psychological distress

Question 3

self assessed health status

Answer 3

a measure based on a persons own opinion about how they feel about their health and wellbeing, their state of mind and their life in general
- based on an individuals own perspective of h&w
- rated from excellent, very good, good, fair or poor
- limitation: is subjective as people consider h&w in different ways

Question 4

life expectancy

Answer 4

the number of years, on average, an individual is expected to live, if death rates do not change

Question 5

mortality

Answer 5

refers to death, at a population level (number or rate of deaths in a population)

Question 6

morbitity

Answer 6

ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group

Question 7

incidence

Answer 7

the numer or rate of new cases of a disease/condition in a population during a given time period

Question 8

prevelance

Answer 8

the number or proportion of total cases of a particular disease or condition present in a population at a given time

Question 9

hospitalizations

Answer 9

hospital separations are episodes of hospital care that start with admission and end at transfer, discharge or death

Question 10

core activity limitations

Answer 10

when an individual has difficulty or requires assistance with any of the three core activities:
1. selfcare
2. mobility
3. communication in own language

Question 11

levels of core activity limitation

Answer 11

1. profound - always needing help
2. severe - require help at some times
3. moderate - has difficulty with the tasks
4. mild - those who simply require aids to undertake the task

Question 12

physchological distress

Answer 12

relates to unplesant feelings and emotions that affect an individuals level of functioning

Question 13

burden of disease (bod)

Answer 13

a measure of the impact of diseases and injuries. specifically it measures the gap between current health status and an ideal situation where everyone lives to an old age, free of disease and disability
measured in a unit called the daly

Question 14

DALYs

Answer 14

• Disability Adjusted Life Years
• 1 DALY equals one year of healthy life lost due to premature death and time lived with disease or injury

Question 15

YLL

Answer 15

• years of expected life lost due to premature death
• the fatal component of DALYs

Question 16

YLD

Answer 16

• a measure of how many **healthy years ** are lost due to disease, injury or disability
• years of life lived with a disease, disability or injury
• the non-fatal component of DALYs