L26: Inequalities In CVD

Question 1

What types of diseases does CVD include

Answer 1

Heart attack
Stroke
Peripheral vessel disease

Question 2

What is 3 commonest risk for CVD

Answer 2

High systolic pressure
Dietary risk
High LDL cholesterol

Question 3

What is the least commonest risk factor for CVD

Answer 3

Alcohol use

Question 4

What is the number 1 cause of premature death in the U.K.

Answer 4

Ischaemic heart disease

Question 5

How has the burden of CVD changed from 1990 to 2018

Answer 5

Decrease

Question 6

How does the life expectancy and healthy life expectancy change as you go from most deprived to least deprived areas

Answer 6

Increases

Question 7

How does the rates of coronary heart disease change from a good profession to heavy work

Answer 7

Increases

Question 8

Overall which sex has the highest risk of CVD

Answer 8

Males

Question 9

What happens to the risk of CVD with increasing age

Answer 9

Risk increases

Question 10

Why do males have a higher risk of CVD

Answer 10

High systolic pressure
Diet
Tobacco use
High BMI

Question 11

Which ethnicity has the highest risk of CVD

Answer 11

South Asian

Question 12

What happens to the risk of CVD with sever mental illness

Answer 12

Risk increases

Question 13

How do we measure inequality in CVD in the U.K.

Answer 13

With public health outcomes framework

Question 14

What does the public health outcome frame show

Answer 14

Obesity in early pregnancy
Smoking in early pregnancy
Low birth weight of term babies
Prevalence of childhood obesity
Physical active children and young people
5 a day
Percentage of people ages 40-74 who received the NHS health check

Question 15

What policy in the U.K. do we have to prevent CVD

Answer 15

NICE public health guidance

Question 16

How does the NICE prevent CVD

Answer 16

Reduce population salt level
Reduce saturated fat
Eliminate industrially produced fat 
Prevent unhealthy diet marketing 
Product labelling 
Assess government policy on CVD

Question 17

How does the NHS reduce CVD

Answer 17

Target behavioural risk factors of tobacco, alcohol and physical activity
QOF
NHS health checks

Question 18

What does the QOF stand for

Answer 18

Quality outcome framework

Question 19

What is QOF

Answer 19

A reimbursement scheme for GPs that financially helps the management of chronic disease such as CVD

Question 20

To which age group is a NHS health check offered to

Answer 20

40-74 without a pre-existing long term condition

Question 21

What diseases does a NHS health check identify

Answer 21

CVD
Kidney disease
T2M
Dementia