NURS 4417 midterm discussion questions with complete solutions

Clinical medicine focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in individuals, and epidemiology focuses on understanding the causes of disease in populations Correct Answer-true The use of treadmill stress tests is an activity of secondary prevention for cardiovascular disease Correct Answer-true Screening programs are an example of primary prevention Correct Answer-false Infant mortality rate is commonly used as the indicator of overall health and availability of health care services Correct Answer-true What are the differences between incidence rate and prevalence rate? Correct Answer-Incidence: new cases Prevalence: occurrence in given time The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) is a screening questionnaire designed to detect depressive symptoms. Suppose it were used in a school situation to screen for depression in adolescents. Of the 1680 students who answered the questions, 126 were determined on the basis of psychiatric interviews to suffer from major depression. The actual prevalence of major depression in this population Correct Answer-126/1680=0.075 7.5%