Interpretating Indicators Flashcards
What are the normal measurements or published guidelines called?
How do this help to detect an upcoming problem?
Baseline measurements
By comparing a person’s health indicators against these baselines helps to see if there’s a problem.
Even when a person is not ill, how can the baseline measurements help?
How can someone with high BP improve their lifestyele?
The baseline measurements can give a warning that they might need to improve their lifestyle in order to prevent the health issue to occur.
They are adviced to improve their diet and do regular exercise to control their level of BP.
What are the issues with the published guidelines?
Is BMI a good measurement.
- They can’t be used on their own, other measurements are required; such as BMI is good to assess the weight in relation to height but it can’t tell the difference between excess fat, muscle or bone.
- Additional calculations may need to gain an accurate picture
When presenting assessments which things must to overlooked? name three things
- It’s vital to ensure all measurements are accurate and precise, collected together and presented clearly; to avoid erros.
- Evidence must be validated; such as peak flow readings need to be taken 3 times and highest reading should be noted.
- Medical notes should then record the observarions and the measurements.
What doesit mean by risks to physical health of abnormal readings?
It might mean that there’s a risk to health, indicating potential significance that could develop into something risky to health.
What happens is there’s an abormal reading of blood pressure?
What does diabetes do to your nerves and how does it relate to a heart attack?
- causes further diseases like heart disease, kidney disease, strokes and blindness
- increase risk of death; for every increase of 20mmHg systolic above the normal of 120mmHg, the risk of cardiovascular death doubles.
- even greater risk of health problems such as coronary heart disease if you have other conditions like diabetes and high cholesterol. having diabetes may damage the nerves in the heart and blood vessels, meaning the person may not feel the pain of heart attack which makes the heartattack harder to diagnose.
Having a high reading of one test doesn’t always mean your BP is high. Why migh high BP vary?
- due to what you’re doing
- what’s happening around you
- being tense/anxious with ur doctor, at GP or hospital
What is white coat syndrome?
How might you prevent this from occuring?
When an individual’s blood pressure increases when they visit doctors and get tested by health practitioners.
To prevent this, you can do the ambulatory blood pressure monitoring:
* do the tests at home
* wear a 24 hour monitor which automatically checks and record your BP.
How can lifestyle data be used?
- to develop realistic health and wellbeing improvement plans
- used in areas with high proportion of illness
- sets targets for health practitioners fo raiming to improve the situations
- monitor and review the progress made
1) What does the Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) do?
2) How does the ASH use data?
3) Who do they get the funding from?
4) What did ASH finding using the data? (how many deaths are caused each day by smoking?)
5) What are the laws regarding smoking?
1) It works to eliminate the harm caused by soking tobacco.
2) It uses data to raise awareness about the harmful effects of smoking, advocates for the stronger tobacco control policies and supports to reduce smoking rates. They use their data to inform campaigns and develop evidence-based strategies.
3) They receive the fundings from Cancer research UK and British heart foundation.
4) ASH has found that smoking is a leading cause of preventable disease and premature death; it also highlights the impact of tobacco industry marketing tactics on youth and vulnerable populations.
It also also found that smoking causes 96,000 deaths each day in UK.
5) It’s prohibited to smoke in enclosed public areas, To smoke you must be over 18 years old.
Identify three examples on what the current lifestyle data on alcohol shows.
It shows:
* moderate drinking; people are being more mindful of their overal consumptions and making healtheir choices.
* shifting towards the non-alcoholic alternatives; more people seek alcohol-free options due to being health conscious or religious/personal reasons.
* social drinking; it’s still a part of social gathering but it’s more responsible drinking as people are aware of the health risks.
List 4 benefits for activity.
List 4 consequences for inactivity.
Activity:
* High self-image
* healthier lifestyle
* more confidence
* 30% reduction of risk to early death
* reduced risk of depression
* better for mental health; happy, reduced anxiety/stress
* 30-40% lower risk od developing type 2 diabetes
Inactivity:
* Weight gain
* reduced physical fitness; leading to lack of muscle strength, flexibility and increase risks of cardiovascular disease
* reduced bone density; can easily be fractured
* increased risk of chronic disease
* lower self-esteem / image
* lack of confidence
* negative lifestyle; impacting energy levels, sleep quality eating habits.
According to Cheif Medical Officers, what is the recommended amount of activity for:
* Children under 5
* Children 5-18
* Adults 19-64
* Adults 65+
- Children under 5 - three hours a day (includes moderate and vigorous activities)
- Children 5-18 - one hour (includes moderate and vigorous activities)
- Adults 19-64 - two and a half hours of moderate activity OR 1hr 15mins of vigorous activity a week.
- Adults 65+ - they should also aim the same as early adults
