Measures of health status Flashcards
Define health status
An individual’s or overall level of health, taking into account various aspects such as life expectancy, amount of disability, levels of disease risk
factors
(Australian Institute of Health and welfare).
What is health indicators?
Standard statistics that are used to measure and compare health status (e.g. life expectancy, mortality and morbidity rates)
What is ‘self-assessed health status?’
An overall measure of a population’s health based on a person’s own perceptions of their health
What is life expectancy?
Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time someone is expected to live, based on the year of their birth, current age and other demographic factors including their sex.
Define Health adjusted life expectancy (HALE)
It is the number of years of full health that a person can expect to live, based on current rates of ill health and mortality
HALE = life expectancy – number of years living in unhealthy states
Define mortality
Mortality refers to deaths particularly in a population
Define Mortality rate
The measurement of the proportion of a population who die on a one year period (usually per 100,000)
Define morbidity
Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group (AIHW)
Define morbidity rate
Rate is a measure of how many people suffer from a particular condition during a given period of time
What are the two measures of morbidity?
Prevalence and incidence
Define Prevalence
The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition in a population at a given time
Define incidence
The number or rate of new cases of a particular disease during a specified period of time (usually a 12 month period)
What is the burden of disease?
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 disability and disease.
YLL=?
Years of Life Lost
YLD=?
Years lost due to disability
DALY=?
Disability adjusted life year
Define the rate of hospitalisation
The number of patients who experience an episode of admitted patient care
-starts with formal admission for emergency care, treatment or rehabilitation
-ends with discharge, transfer or death
Define core activity limitation
Core activities relate to three main areas of life.
- If an individual has difficulty in any of the three core activities, self care, mobility and communication in own language then they may have a core activity limitation.
What is psychological distress?
Refers to an individual’s overall level of psychological strain or pain, and the unpleasant feelings, emotions and individual experiences, that interferes with their ability to perform daily activities
