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Natural History Of Diseases and Levels of Prevention By : Sourav Goswami Moderator : Dr P R Deshmukh Framework • 1.Definition • 2.Understanding Natural History of Disease • 3.Its Importance • 4.Stages • 5.Application : Levels of Prevention/Screening/prognosis/E valuation Definition • Natural History of a disease signifies the way in which a disease evolves over time from the earliest stage of its prepathogenesis phase to its termination as recovery,disability or death,in the absence of treatment or prevention. Natural history of disease Natural history of Hepatitis B infection SUSCEPTIBLE HOST HCC DEATH ENTRY OF HBV ON EXPOSURE OUTCOME CARRIER C I R R H O S I S DEVEL -OP HEP-B Natural History of Typhoid Entry of S.typhi Incubation period 14 days DEATH/ DISABILITY(carrie -r) Headach e, Fever, Peasoup stool Palpabl -e spleen ,Rash COMPLICATIONS: Hemorrhage Perforation Peritonities Recovery TIME Death Clinical disease Infection Susceptible host Recovery No infection Incubation period Latent Exposure Non-infectious Infectious Onset Infectious period the time during which the host can infect another susceptible host •Non-infectious period the period when the host’s ability to transmit disease to other hosts ceases •Incubation period the time interval between invasion by an infectious agent and appearance of the first sign or symptom of the disease in question Latent period It is used in non-infectious diseases as the equivalent of incubation period in infectious disease -”Period from disease initiation to disease detection” Stages of Natural History of Disease The natural history of disease can be divided into two stages : 1. Pre-pathogenesis phase 2. Pathogenesis phase 1. Pre-Pathogenesis Phase / Stage of susceptibility In this stage, the disease has not developed but the ground has been laid by the presence of factors that favor its occurrence, for eg : 1.Alcohol consumption for Cirrhosis of liver 2.High Cholesterol, obesity, Type A personality: Heart Disease 3.Smoking, Hypertension, High Cholesterol : Stroke 4.Radiation, Smoking, Immune suppression: Cancer Pathogenesis phase • 1. Asymptomatic (Early Pathogenesis) phase • 2. Early, Discernible Disease • 3. Full-Blown (Classical) Disease • 4. Termination - a) Complete Recovery • b) Chronic Disease • c) Life With Residual Disability • d) Death Why is it important to study natural history of disease? • 1. For prevention of disease • 2.Adjusting lead time & length bias for proper implementation of screening program • 2.Forecasting prognosis • 3. Evaluation of intervention Prevention Levels of prevention • In general, there are mainly three major levels of prevention, depending on the phase of the natural history of the disease : • 1. Primary prevention (also primordial prevention ) • 2. Secondary prevention • 3. Tertiary prevention • Primary prevention seeks to prevent the onset of specific diseases via risk reduction: • (a) by altering behaviors /exposures that can lead to disease,(eg : cessation of smoking ) or • (b) by enhancing resistance to the effects of exposure to a disease agent (eg : Vaccination ) • It can be done by : (1) Health Promotion (2) Specific protection Health Promotion • “The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve health” (WHO) It is not directed against any particular disease, but is intended to strengthen the host through a variety of approaches : • 1.Health education • 2.Environmental modifications • 3.Nutritional intervention • 4.Lifestyle and behavioural changes Contd…… 1) HEALTH EDUCATION : Most cost effective intervention. Now people have moved to behavior change communication. 2) ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION : # provision of safe water #Installation of sanitary latrines #Control of insects & rodents etc 3)NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTIONS : # Food distribution & nutritional improvements of vulnarable groups ( viz. Mid-day meal in schools ,Khichri on Anganwadi etc ) etc 4) LIFE STYLE & BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE : # motivation for healthy lifestyle Specific protection • immunization to protect against specific diseases • fortification of foods with specific nutrients (as salt with iodine), • use of condoms to protect against STDs, • use of chemoprophylactic drugs to protect against particular diseases (as malaria, meningococcal meningitis, etc) #Primordial Prevention • This is prevention of the emergence of risk factors in countries or population groups in which they haven't yet appeared. • By “individual and mass education” • It addresses BROAD HEALTH DETERMINANTS rather than preventing personal exposure to risk factors, which is the goal of primary prevention. Contd …… • Thus, outlawing alcohol in certain countries/areas would represent primordial prevention, whereas • a campaign against drinking and would be an example of primary prevention. Secondary prevention • It include all actions undertaken at the stage of early pathogenesis so as to halt the progress of disease at it’s earliest stage, • It is done by “early diagnosis and prompt treatment” • eg : Screening for Cancer/ treatment of Tuberculosis-early diagnosis & prompt treatment/Diagnosis & treatment of malaria Tertiary Prevention • It signifies interventions done in the late pathogenesis phase. • “All measures available to reduce or limit impairments and disabilities,minimise sufferings caused be existing departures from good health and to promote the patient’s adjustment to irremediable conditions” ( Last,, A Dictionary of Epidemiology ) • It can be attained by : a) Disability limitation & b) Rehabilitation Disability limitation (impairment/disability/handicap) • Impairment is defined as "any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or function." • Impairment is a deviation from normal organ function; it may be visible or invisible (screening tests generally seek to identify impairments). • Disability is defined as "any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being." • An impairment does not necessarily lead to a disability, for the impairment may be corrected. • For example, I am wearing eye glasses, but do not perceive that any disability arises from my impaired vision. A disability refers to the function of the individual (rather than of an organ, as with impairment). • Handicap is defined as "a disadvantage for a given individual, resulting from an impairment or a disability, that limits or prevents the fulfillment of a role that is normal (depending on age, sex, and social and cultural factors) for that individual." • Handicap considers the person's participation in their social context. • For example, if there is a wheel-chair access ramp at work, a disabled person may not be handicapped in coming to work there Disability limitation • Concept of disability: DISEASE Accident (1) DISABILITY Cannot walk (3) IMPAIRMENT Loss of foot (2) HANDICAP Unemployed (4) Contd… • Disability limitation includes all measures to prevent the occurrence of further complications, impairments, disabilities and handicaps or even death. For example : • When we apply plaster cast to a patient who has suffered Colle’s fracture, we are actually trying to prevent complications and further disability like mal-union or non-union (4) Rehabilitation • “Rehabilitation” (Re =restore into, habitat = the original home or environment of the person) • “The combined and coordinated use of medical,social,educational and vocational measures for training and retraining the individual to the highest possible level of functional ability” • It includes Physiotherapy,speech therapy,audiology,psychology, vocational work etc Rehabilitation contd… • The following areas of concern have been identified : • 1)Medical rehabilitation – restoration of function • 2)Vocational rehabilitation- restoration of the capacity to earn a livelihood • 3)Social rehabilitation –restoration of family & social relationships • 4)Psychological rehabilitation – restoration of personal dignity and confidence Examples of rehabilitation • Establishing schools for the blind, • provision of aids for the crippled, • reconstructive surgery in leprosy, • change of profession for a more suitable one etc Knowledge of Natural History of disease helps in adjusting lead-time & length bias…..which helps in implementing proper screening measures HOW SCREENING WORKS Pathology Begins Symptom appears X DEATH / DISABI LITY SCREENING TEST & EARLY DIAGNOSIS (pre-symptom) Concept of lead time Pre Detectable AGE 20 Detectable Pre-Clinical 30 Clinical 40 50 LEAD TIME Possible detection by Screening Clinical detection Disabilit y Death 60 Survival time after diagnosis > lead time Length-time Bias Aggressive Disease Onset 6 mo.asymt period Screening interval Clinical 1 yr sympto Death Presentation 1 year Onset Clinical 2 year asym period Presentation4 yr sym Less Aggressive Disease Death How do we conclude – the screening program is effective? • We need to know the natural history of the disease • for evaluating the Lead time & Length time bias Prognosis: How much time do I have doc??? •Prognosis is the prediction of the course of a disease and • is expressed as the probability that a particular event will occur in the future Prognosis contd ….. • Predictions are based on defined groups of patients and the outcome may be quite different for the individual patients • However, knowledge of the likely prognosis is helpful in determining the most useful treatment. • Prognostic factors are characteristics associated with outcome in patients with the disease in question. • For example, for a patient with AMI, the prognosis is directly related to heart muscle function. Rates commonly used to describe Prognosis Rate Definition 5 year survival Percent of patients surviving 5 years from some point in the course of disease Case fatality Percent of patients with a disease who die of it Disease-specific Number of people per 10,000 (or 100,000) mortality population dying of specific disease Response Percent of patients showing some evidence of improvement following an intervention Remission Percent of patients entering a phase in which disease is no longer detectable Recurrence Percent of patients who have return of Application of natural history of disease : Evaluation of interventional measures Evaluation helps in 1)Providing feedback on the effectiveness of a program 2)helps to determine whether the program is appropriate for the target population • • 3) is there any problems with its implementation and support, and • 4)whether there are any ongoing concerns that need to be resolved as the programme is implemented. • 5)It helps in Comparing intervention modalities Reference • 1) AFMC (Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada) Primer on Population Health-A virtual textbook on Public Health concepts for clinicians • 2)Epidemiology by Leon Gordis( Fifth Edition) • 3)Park’s testbook of Preventive and social Medicine( 23rd edition ) • 4)Text book of Public Health and community medicine by Armed Force Medical College Thank you !