FAQ: Where can I find definitions for terms commonly used in IHP-501?

Definitions and Examples

Case Study: Case study is a research methodology, typically seen in social and life sciences. There is no one definition of case study research. However, very simply… ‘a case study can be defined as an intensive study about a person, a group of people or a unit, which is aimed to generalize over several units’. A case study has also been described as an intensive, systematic investigation of a single individual, group, community or some other unit in which the researcher examines in-depth data relating to several variables. See examples and explanation in: Case Studies This link opens in a new window

Clinical Symptoms: A symptom is a manifestation of disease apparent to the patient himself, while a sign is a manifestation of disease that the health provider perceives. The sign is objective evidence of disease; a symptom, subjective. Symptoms represent the complaints of the patient. Chronic kidney disease (newly identified): Clinical presentation and diagnostic approach in adults This link opens in a new window .

Complementary or Integrative Health intervention: emphasizes multimodal interventions, which are two or more interventions such as conventional health care approaches (like medication, physical rehabilitation, psychotherapy), and complementary health approaches (like acupuncture, yoga, and probiotics) in various combinations, with an emphasis on treating the whole person rather than, for example, one organ system. See Complementary, Alternative, or Integrative Health This link opens in a new window

Conventional intervention: conventional medical practices including medications, physical rehabilitation, and/or psychotherapy focusing on specific individual body systems sometimes referred to as Western medicine.

Etiology: the study of the causes of diseases or the cause of a disease. The study of the processes by which a disease is caused and transmitted, including the pathogens involved. Adjectives: etiologic, etiological. Example of etiology related to a specific disease see: Etiology of depression This link opens in a new window

Symptomology: the branch of medicine concerned with the study and classification of the symptoms of disease. Example of symptomology in a disease see: Symptomology of West Nile Virus This link opens in a new window

References

de Leeuw, M., Verhoeve, S. I., van der Wee, N. J. A., van Hemert, A. M., Vreugdenhil, E., & Coomans, C. P. (2023). The role of the circadian system in the etiology of depression. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 153, 105383. https://go.openathens.net/redirector/snhu.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.neubiorev.2023.105383

Fatehi, P. & Hsu, Chi-yuan. (2022). Chronic kidney disease (newly identified): Clinical presentation and diagnostic approach in adults. UpToDate. Retrieved January 19, 2024 from https://www.uptodate.com/contents/chronic-kidney-disease-newly-identified-clinical-presentation-and-diagnostic-approach-in-adults

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. (2024). Complementary, alternative, or integrative health: What’s in a name?; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. Retrieved from https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/complementary-alternative-or-integrative-health-whats-in-a-name#:~:text=Integrative%20health%20also%20emphasizes%20multimodal,various%20combinations%2C%20with%20an%20emphasis

Splete, H., Fryer, J., & Mertz, L. (2020). West Nile virus. In Gale (Ed.), Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health. Gale. Retrieved January 18, 2024, from https://search.credoreference.com/articles/Qm9va0FydGljbGU6ODUyMzY4?aid=105049

Taylor, L. (2020). Case studies. In A. Kobayashi (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Elsevier Science & Technology. Retrieved from https://search.credoreference.com/articles/Qm9va0FydGljbGU6NTgzNDg=?aid=105049

Kawar, L. N., Dunbar, G. B., Aquino-Maneja, E. M., Flores, S. L., Squier, V. R., & Failla, K. R.(2024). Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed Methods, and Triangulation Research Simplified. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. Retrieved from https://go.openathens.net/redirector/snhu.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.3928%2F00220124-20240328-03

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