Year 2-Impact of Long Term Health Conditions Flashcards
What is patient centred care?
Placing the patient at the centre of their care.
What are care systems built around?
Care systems are usually built around diseases rather than patients.
What are long term conditions?
Conditions for which there are no cure, and which are managed with drugs and other treatments
Conditions that last 1 year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both
What type of conditions are long term conditions?
Heterogeneous group of conditions
What are long term conditions associated with?
Increasing age and increasing deprivation.
How much more likely are you to suffer from a LTC when living in a deprived vs affluent area?
Twice as likely to suffer a LTC if living in a deprived vs. affluent area.
What are examples of long term conditions?
Diabetes
Ischaemic heart disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
What does incidence mean?
Number of new cases of a condition in a specified time period.
What does incidence allow you to do?
Helps us define risk of this conditions – what is the likelihood of being diagnosed.
What is prevalence?
Total number of people in a population with a condition either at a single point in time, or over a given time period.
What does prevalence allow you to do?
Helps us understand the burden of disease
What are the causes of long term conditions?
Complex & multifactorial
Genetic factors and environmental factors
What does vulnerability mean?
Capacity to resist disease, repair damage and restore normal physiological homeostasis. Varies between individuals and between body systems/organs.
what does vulnerability vary between?
aries between individuals and between body systems/organs.
What is are examples of Acute Onset Disease?
Stroke or Myocardial infarction, infection
What is the outcome of Acute Onset Disease?
May be treated and resolve, may leave residual symptoms/impairment of function.
What are examples of Gradual Onset disease?
Angina, COPD, psychotic disorders.
What is the outcome of Gradual Onset disease?
Persist over time and get worse (gradually or acutely).
What are examples of Relapsing and remitting disease?
Cancer, multiple sclerosis, depression & anxiety, alcohol abuse
What is the outcome of Relapsing and remitting disease?
Can increase in severity, or change slightly between presentation
What can long term conditions do to individuals affected?
They cause burden of symptoms to the individual affected and impact on their years lived in good health.
What is the aim of treatment of Long term conditions?
To improve morbidity and mortality.