HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hip Fracture, Birth Weight, Third Doctor
31 May 2016
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Focus is the prevalence or frequency of different types of conditions. Useful for identifying the distribution of disease in populations. Tells us the quantity of people living in a certain state. Not living in acute illness (chronic illness), not an organic illnesses (like dementia) Assess personal elements or people"s experience regarding their health. Focus is adjustment to the conditions of illness. Quantitative research uses different constructs: life satisfaction, well-being, or purpose and meaning in life. Illness memoirs/narratives : good access to look into/understand diseases. Top 4 chronic health conditions: high blood pressure: higher for women, arthritis: higher for women *biggest gap between women and men, 17%, diabetes: higher for men, heart disease: higher for men. ** urinary incontinence is higher for women, this could be due to menopause- estrogen levels are decreased ** Percentage distribution of household population aged 30 or older, by number of chronic conditions and age group, canada (2003)
