hhd Flashcards
health status
An individual’s or population’s overall health and wellbeing, taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability and levels of disease risk factors
health indicators
self assessed health status
life expectancy
mortality
morbidity
burden of disease
rates of hospitalisation
core activity limitation
psycological disease
self assessed health status
an individual’s own perception of their health and wellbeing
life expectancy
the number of years of life, on average, remaining to an individual at a particular age if death rates do not change. The most commonly used measure is life expectancy
mortality (rate)
the number of death in a population in a given period
morbidity (rate)
the rate of ill health in a population in a given period
incidence
refers to the number of new cases of condition in a given period
prevalence
refers to the total number of cases of a condition at a given period
YLL: Years of Life Lost
YLDD: Years Lost Due to Disability
A measure of the impact of morbidity on a group or population
DALY: Disability adjusted life years
measure of the overall burden of disease and injury, expressed as the number of healthy years of life lost due to illness and/or premature death
One DALY is equal to one year of healthy life lost due to illness and/or death
burden of disease
a measure of impact of disease 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
rate of hospitalisation: chronic conditions
any disease or conditions that lasts a long time (usually longer than six months)
rate of hospitalisation: hospital separations
episodes of hospital care that starts with admission and end at transfer, discharge or death
core activity limitation
when an individaul has difficulty, or requires assistance with any of the three core activities (self care, mobility, communication in own language)
core activity: self care
examples:
bathing/showering
dressing/undressing
eating/feeding
going to the toilet
core activity: mobility
moving around away from home
moving around at home
getting in or out of bed /chair
core activity: communication in own language
understanding/being understood by strangers, friends, family. including use of sign language and lip reading
psychological distress
relates to unpleasant feeling and emotions that affect an individual’s level of functioning
Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (KID)
a scale of P.D based on answers to 10 questions about negative emotional and mental stress in the four weeks prior to interview
