NBHWC Exam - Health Questions And Answers (Graded A+!!!)

FPG stands for - ANS Fasting Plasma Glucose/Fasting Blood Sugar A1C levels - ANS Normal: below 5.7% Prediabetes: 5.7 to 6.4% Diabetes: 6.5% or above A1C definition - ANS Glycated Hemoglobin FPG levels - ANS Normal <100mg/dl Pre-diabetes 100-125 mg/dL Diabetes >126 mg/dl Oral Glucose Tolerance Test levels (OGTT) - ANS Normal <140mg/dl Pre-diabetic 140-200 mg/dL Diabetic 200 mg/dL+ Blood Pressure Levels - ANS Normal: sys: <120 dia: <80 At risk: sys: 120-129 dia: <80 High: sys: >=130 dia: >=80 systolic pressure - ANS The blood pressure generated by the heart during contraction. diastolic pressure - ANS the pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest According to HIPAA, how long do you have to keep a client's records? - ANS 6 years, or according to state law, whichever is longer HIPAA stands for - ANS Health Insurance Portability Administration Act BMI ranges - ANS Underweight: <18.5 Normal: 18.5-24.9 Overweight: 25-29.9 Obese: 30 or higher BMI calculation - ANS Weight (kilograms) / [height (meters)]^2 OR Weight (lbs) X 703 / [height (inches)]^2 weight circumference for women - ANS Low risk: 31.5" or less Intermediate risk: 31.6"-34.9" High risk: 35" or greater weight circumference for men - ANS Low risk: 37" or less Intermediate risk: 37.1"-39.9" High risk: 40" or higher metabolic syndrome - ANS A cluster of conditions that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. must have 3 or more metabolic syndrome factors - ANS Large Waistline — 35"+ women, 40"+ for men High Triglycerides — 150 mg/dl or higher Low HDL Cholesterol Level— <50 mg/dl women, < 40mg/dl men (or being on HDL medication) High Blood Pressure— 130/85mmHg+ (or being on medicine to treat high blood pressure) High Fasting Blood Sugar (FPG)— 100mg+ HDL cholesterol - ANS Good cholesterol; high density lipoprotein. High protein, low fat LDL cholesterol - ANS "bad cholesterol" low density lipoprotein. low protein, high fat Optimal total cholesterol level - ANS <200 mg/dL optimal HDL level - ANS <40mg/dl for men and <50mg/dl for women optimal LDL level - ANS <100mg/dl optimal LDL level for ASCVD or Diabetes - ANS <70mg/dl Optimal fasting triglyceride levels - ANS <150 mg/dl What does a statin do? - ANS Helps to lower your LDL (bad) cholesterol level Signs/Symptoms of mental health referral - ANS Decline in pleasure Intrusive thoughts/unable to focus sleeplessness changes in appetite guilt for others suffering or death despair, hopelessness hyperalert or excessively tired irritability, anger outbursts impulsive, risk-taking behavior thoughts of death, suicide The most common measurement for assessing visceral fat - ANS BMI The best measurement for assessing visceral fat - ANS Waist-to-hip HRQOL (health related quality of life) - ANS A multi-dimensional concept that includes domains related to physical, mental, emotional, and social functioning. It goes beyond direct measures of population health, life expectancy, and causes of death, and focuses on the impact health status has on quality of life. Well-being definition - ANS Assesses the positive aspects of a person's life, such as positive emotions and life satisfaction. A relative state where one maximizes his or her physical, mental, and social functioning in the context of supportive environments to live a full, satisfying, and productive life. Measuring Healthy Quality of Life - ANS Self-rated physical and mental health Overall well-being Participation in society People with higher levels of well-being... - ANS Judge their life as going well. Feel very healthy and full of energy to take on their daily activities. Satisfied, interested, and engaged with their lives. Experience a sense of accomplishment from their activities/lives feel meaningful More often content or cheerful than depressed or anxious. Get along with others/good social relationships. Personal factors, social circumstances, and community environments influence well-being. On the Illness-Wellness continuum, what's the left side, and the end of the left arrow? - ANS Treatment paradigm, Pre-mature Death