Module 2 Flashcards
Varying ways individuals respond to bodily indications, how they monitor internal states, define and interpret symptoms, make attributions, take remedial actions and utilize various sources of informal and formal care.
Illness Behavior
What are the 5 stages of illness behavior?
1.) Symptom experience
2.) Assumption of a sick role
3.) Medical care contact
4.) Dependent Client Role
5.) Recovery/ Rehabilitation
Which stage of illness behavior is the following: Client feels something is wrong, not able to diagnose.
Stage 1: Symptom Experience
Which stage of illness behavior is the following:
-Client acknowledges health disturbance.
-May be excused from role expectations.
-Seeks medical attention
Stage 2: Assumption of sick role
Which stage of illness behavior is the following:
-Client seeks expert opinion as well as treatment
-Seeks explanation of the causes, duration of illness, and its complications
-may accept or deny diagnosis
Stage 3: Medical Care Contact
Which stage of illness behavior is the following:
-Client dependent upon health care professionals to follow and accept prescribed treatment
Stage 4: Dependent Client Role Stage
What stage of illness behavior is the following:
-Symptoms of illness subside, person regains original status
-Client expected to give up dependent role and resume former roles and responsibilities
Stage 5: Recovery and Rehabilitation
What are the 3 aspects of Symptom Experience?
1.) Physical Experience
2.) Cognitive Aspects
3.) Emotional Response
Interference with normal role functioning (Subjective, not easily quantifiable) e.g: pain, fatigue, nausea.
Symptoms
Measurable changes of physiologic functioning. (Detectable using diagnostic procedure)
Signs
Combined and coordinated use of medical, social, educational,, and vocational measures for training and retraining the individual to the highest level of functional ability.
Rehabilitation
Act of regaining or returning toward a normal or healthy state
Recovery
Privilege of. Sick person to be exempted from normal responsibilities and social duties
Sick Role
______ is a form of deviance, or going against societal expectations
Sick role
Who said “prevention is better than cure”?
Desiderius Erasmus
“Actions aimed at eradicating, eliminating, or minimizing the impact of disease and disability” is known as?
Prevention
What are the 4 levels of prevention?
1.) Primordial
2.) Primary
3.) Secondary
4.) Tertiary