Abstract
Article: Impact of Cardiac Ultrasound Screening on Body Mass Index in Community Health Centers
Authors: Richard H. Dettman, PhD, MEd, RDCS, FASE, Jim Rohrer, PhD, Cheryl L. Anderson, PhD, PT, MBA, GCS
Category: General/Abdominal
Credit: 1.0 SDMS CME Credit
Objectives: After studying the article entitled “Impact of Cardiac Ultrasound Screening on Body Mass Index in Community Health Centers,” you will be able to:
Describe the role of quality indicators in patient health management
Determine a patient’s body mass index from basic measurements
Describe the potential roles of screening in health care
A quality indicator is
An indicator of the quality of an echocardiographic examination A measurement of a particular health care outcome An equipment quality control program A determination of the economic cost of medical imaging
Typical quality indicators might include any of the following except
Blood pressure Blood glucose levels Physician specialty Cholesterol levels
In the reported study, significant favorable changes were seen in the cardiac screening group for
LDL cholesterol only LDL cholesterol and SBP only LDL cholesterol, SBP, and DBP only LDL cholesterol, SBP, DBP, and BMI
In the reported study, unfavorable positive changes were seen in the control group for
BMI and DBP DBP only LDL cholesterol and SBP LDL cholesterol only
HBM is an acronym that stands for
Health behavior modification Health behavior methods Health belief measurement Health belief model
Changes in body mass index over the course of the study were most strongly related to
Age Sex Body mass index at baseline Ethnicity
The most significant difference in the changes in BMI between the experimental and the control groups occurred in those patients who at baseline were
Underweight Normal weight Overweight Obese
The body mass index is calculated from a formula that uses a constant value and
Weight divided by height Weight divided by height squared Height divided by weight Height divided by weight squared
A patient is considered obese when the BMI is greater than
15 20 25 30
The hypothesis behind the reported study was that cardiac screening would
Increase patients’ interest in taking an active role in their health care Identify cardiac problems that should be repaired Increase patients’ anxiety about their heart disease Demonstrate the benefits of echocardiography for treatment planning
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