Know* Flashcards
Stages of delay in seeking medical attention are?
A I BST
Appraisal delay
Illness delay
Behavioral delay
Scheduling delay
Treatment delay
What three factors predict adherence?
Patient variables
Treatment regiment variables
Patient provider communication
Hospitalized patients who dwell more on assigning blame for their illness … This behavior is called ?
Explanatory style
Cognitive control?
Refers to interventions that direct the patient’s attention to the positive aspects of the procedure rather then the feelings of discomfort
Behavioral control?
Interventions for teaching techniques for controlling pain and speeding recovery during and after a medical procedure
Three types of pain?
Acute pain
Recurrent pain
Chronic pain
Substance P?
Neurotransmitters secreted by pain fibers in the spinal column that stimulates the transmission cells to send pain signals to the brain
Enkephalins ?
Endogenous opiates found a nerve endings cells in the brain and spinal column that the opiate receptors (naturally occurring)
Periaqueductal gray (PAG)
The region of the brain that plays an important role in the perception of pain (electrical stimulation in this region activates descending neural pathway that produces analgesia by closing the payment gateway)
Three types of patients to consider when assessing pain prone personalities?
Dysfunctional patients
Interpersonally distressed patients
Adaptive copers
Counterirritation?
Analgesia in which one pain is relieved by creating another counteracting sensation (when banging arm on something rubbing their site is counter irritation)
What are the three stages of the Gen. adaptation syndrome (GAS)
Alarm (mobilize coping resources)
Resistance (continue coping with stressors)
exhaustion (resources to pleated)
List the stages of cognitive appraisal and stress
Potential stressor (sound of a car horn)
Primary appraisal (MI in danger?)
Irrelevant (the drivers conking out someone else)
Benign -positive (it’s a friend just saying hello)
Challenging harmful or threatening (the driver in the next line is warning me that my car is drifting out of my lane
secondary appraisal (what can they do about it)
Behavioral and cognitive coping responses (adjusting steering)
Appraisal (how my doing is the situation control)
