All of the following about Direct-to-Consumer advertisement (DTC) is true except?
Can cause deterioration in the patient-provider relationship
One of the goals of DTC is the indirect prompt sales
Maximizes the embarrassment associated with certain conditions through stigmatization
Creates a more informed consumer
The most widely trusted sites for health information are those published by
Google
Medical University
National organizations
Government
The author said, according to the National Health Insurance Survey, the people most likely to use the internet for health-related information are
Non-Hispanic white women aged 18-64
Those with college education
Those with health insurance coverage
Those with higher incomes
The guidance-cooperation model parallels the relationship of parent-to-older child or adolescent
Most internet advertisement is directed at men
Latinos are the largest minority group in the US currently
The lay-referral system is highly developed for which of the following?
Lower socioeconomic group
Higher socioeconomic group
Cognitive personality theory is used to explain which of the following aging concepts:
Social aging
Chronological aging
Psychological aging
Mutual participation in decision making is associated with which of the following behavior model?
Engineering model
Social contract model
Expert model
Which of the following patient-physician interaction concepts is at play during post-surgical recovery period or the early stages of diagnosis of chronic diseases?
Mutual participation
Activity-Passivity
Guidance-cooperation
If self-actualization needs is Level V of Maslow's hierarchical model of human needs, then with of the following is level 1?
Esteem needs
Safety needs
Social needs
Physiological needs
Of all the heath-related behaviors, the most difficult to predict is:
The sick-role behavior
The healthy behavior
The illness behavior
Racial discordance in the US healthcare workforce does not appear to be improving for some ethnic groups
A patient takes his pain medication (Oxycodone) every 4 hours instead of every 6 hours as prescribed. This is an example of:
Partial compliance
Initial non-compliance
Hyper compliance
Acceptable compliance
Which of the following therapeutic classes of drugs have the most return-on-investment (ROI) for compliance/adherence per the article by Sokol et al?
Hypercholesterol drugs
Diabetics drugs
Hypertensives
Which of the following class of drugs is the most abused?
Stimulants
Tranquilizers
Sedatives
Pain relievers
The Boxed Warnings which highlight the safety concerns of a drug by the FDA is usually referred to as
Safety warning box
Risk warning box
Blackbox warnings
Drug warning box
Which of the following conditions is the most common safety-related reason for market withdrawal in the last 50 years?
Renal failure
Brain damage
Death
Hepatotoxicity
The following about self-care is true except:
It may be utilized in an attempt to treat a condition diagnosed by a physician
It may be a cause of patient noncompliance with recommendations
Individuals self-treat for acute conditions not chronic health conditions
It can be a convenient, time-saving
The self-medication activities of patients have decreased dramatically in the late 20th and early 21st centuries
The Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) is a voluntary submission of all adverse event data to the FDA
The patient could be the individual most responsible for the final compliance decision
Interventions to improve patient compliance, that involve improving how interaction with patients occur is
Occupational
Behavioral
Educational
Organizational
A physician calls in a prescription for an antibiotic and an NSAID. The patient goes to the pharmacy picks the NSAID but not the antibiotic. This is an example of
Total compliance
The types of factors the FDA considers to determine if a drug's benefits outweighs the risks, include the following
Patient population
The type of disease
Potential for adverse events
Expected benefits from treatment
The reputation of the pharmaceutical company
Expected duration of treatment
The seriousness of the disease state
Which of the two surveillance systems is considered an active surveillance system?
AERS
The sentinel system
