Question

For questions 7-9, answer "T" for True or "F" for False rathogenesis refers to the mechanisms whereby an etiologie factor leads to the typically observed clinical manifestations of a disease. 8. A patient's ability to read & comprehend drug prescription information is considered a determinant of health 9. All diseases are characterized by objective abnormalities, be they observations made through labs, imaging studies or physical examinations 10. Which of the following statements about disease versus health is true? A. A normal range was established by testing a small group of healthy people B. Normal is the range between one standard deviation above & below the mean C. A standard deviation is a measure of the degree of variability of results D. 10% of people are abnormal

Answer 1

7 true. Pathogenesis means development of disease gradually. It describes the mechanism of infection that has occured as a result of disease progress and simultaneously shows the symptoms.

8. False. Drug prescriptions cannot be read by all patients due to illteracy although the rate of literacy has now got increases. Determinants of health are physical , social, persons individual characteristics and behaviour that affects his/her health status. The nurse/pharmacist can make the patient comphrend the drug prescriptions if patient is not able too but it cannot be considered as a determinant of health.

9. True. All diseases have subjective as well as objective findings which the physicians/nurse interprets while examining the patient. And co-relation of physical findings and lab imaging etc will help in making the correct diagnosis in order to provide rational treatment to the patient.

10.option b is true .

Normal is the range between one standard deviations above and below the mean. In this range normal distribution lies. All patients falling below and above under this curve are considered to be healthy and the patients beyond this curve are considered to be the disesdi ones