Author Question: The statement that women are twice as likely as men to suffer from depression is an example of ... (Read 45 times)

123654777 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The statement that women are twice as likely as men to suffer from depression is an example of information derived from which of the following types of study?

a. endemic
b. epidemic
c. epidemiological
d. experimental

Question 2

The nurse is working with a young adult who has a history of irresistible urges for sleep, nodding off frequently at the most inconvenient times, and being confused when coming out of it.

The client describes feeling sleepy and then falling to the floor but not losing consciousness in the middle of laughing at a colleague's story at work. This client is MOST likely suffering from which of the following disorders? a. parasomnia
b. hypersomnia
c. insomnia
d. narcolepsy

brittiany.barnes · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
The statement is an example of information derived from an epidemiological study. Through epidemiological studies, researchers may be better able to determine possible causes for disease and can often detect risk factors, such as age, race, or gender, that predispose persons to a disease.

Answer to Question 2

D
The client is most likely suffering from narcolepsy, a primary sleep disorder in which individuals frequently have three different and quite striking sleep-related symptoms. First, they have the frequent recurrence of an irresistible need for brief episodes of sleep. They awake from these feeling remarkably refreshed and rarely report daytime sleepiness except immediately prior to one of these episodes. Second, narcoleptic persons often have vivid dreamlike states as they are falling asleep or waking up. Third, they may have episodes of cataplexy.