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Health Psychology Practice Test: Living with Chronic Illnesses
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Health Psychology Practice Test: Living with Chronic Illnesses
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1. The occurrence of stroke is
2. The strongest risk factor for developing asthma in infancy is
3. The onset of Alzheimer’s disease is usually after the age of
4. A condition in which the quantity of glucose in the blood continues to be too elevated
5. A chronic disease that occurs when there is an excessive supply of blood through the blood vessels
6. A malignant tumour growing from connective tissues, such as cartilage, fat, muscle, tendons and bones
7. The chronic illness that is highly stigmatized all over the world
8. One of the most common and most feared illnesses among aging persons marked by a progressive, degenerative brain disorder
9. In India chronic illness accounts for ____ of the total deaths (WHO)
10. In India the highest rate of stomach cancer among men is found in the state of
11. The number of stages described by Franklin Shontz (1975) that people go through after being diagnosed with chronic illness
12. Progression from HIV to AIDS follows a distinct pattern of
13. Tumour that can migrate by sending the cancerous cells into other tissues in the body, which may be distant from the original tumour through circulatory or lymphatic system
14. The surgical removal of the uterus undergone by female cancer patients is known as
15. Some female cancer patients undergo removal of the whole breast known as
16. Weight gain, drowsiness and impotence are some of the side effects from medication of
17. Inability to process or make use of certain kinds of visual feedback may result when stroke causes damage to
18. According to WHO (2013), the most common causes of cancer deaths was cancer of the
19. Cancerous cells travel through the circulatory system and lymphatic system to form
20. Tumour that can send out ‘finger’ like cancerous cells into the normal surrounding tissues and invade or attack them
21. Cancer treatment that uses powerful drugs that are either administered orally or by injection to the patient
22. Type 1 diabetes is often referred to as
23. It is a lifelong illness and usually cannot be cured completely
24. Temporary shortages of oxygen and nourishment to the heart frequently cause pain that radiates across the chest and arm. This chest pain is known as
25. Tumours that grow slowly and do not spread are