Medicine:High-risk people
A high-risk individual, high-risk person, or high-risk population is a human being or beings living with an increased risk for severe illness due to age, medical condition, pregnancy/post-pregnant conditions, geographical location, or a combination of these risk factors.[1]
High-risk people qualification
High-risk people can be of any age.[2] High-risk populations are vulnerable to serious illness.[3] Globally, societal factors including limited access to healthcare and inadequate hygiene facilities can result in high-risk individuals.[3][4][5] Access to proper healthcare is essential to the health and treatment of high-risk individuals, particularly high-risk mothers and infants.[3] High-risk individuals can require long-term care.[3]
In immunology, a person qualifies as a high-risk individual if their immune system is compromised or suppressed whether due to disease, cancer, chronic conditions, prescription medications, or recent surgical procedures.[6][7][8] High-risk people are more susceptible to hospitalization and death from the Coronavirus disease 2019.[9] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends high-risk persons get the COVID-19 vaccine.[10][9]
In psychiatry, a high-risk individual is a patient who engages in high-risk behaviors.[11] In addiction treatment lexicon, a high-risk person refers to a person with a high likelihood of addiction and/or high likelihood of relapse.[12]
Criteria for COVID-19
Risk factors that have been cited in the United States as defining high-risk individuals for suffering the more serious symptoms of COVID-19 include:[13][14]
- Being 65 years of age or older
- Being obese
- Living in a nursing home or long-term care facility
- Being diabetic
- Being pregnant/post-pregnant
- Having chronic kidney disease or are undergoing dialysis
- Having lung diseases, including moderate to severe asthma
- Having serious heart conditions or hypertension
- Being immunocompromised
- Having sickle cell disease
- Having neurodevelopmental disorders such as cerebral palsy
See also
- Health risk assessment
- Immune disorder
- Old age
References
- ↑ "COVID-19 and Your Health" (in en-us). CDC. 11 February 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/index.html.
- ↑ Morris, Amanda (2021-08-09). "Families of High-Risk Children Despair Over Covid Resurgence" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/us/high-risk-children-covid.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Aday, Lu Ann (2002-02-28) (in en). At Risk in America: The Health and Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations in the United States. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-7879-5932-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=dGOkhxV-4eoC&q=%22high-risk+population.
- ↑ Summers, Nancy (2003) (in en). Fundamentals for Practice with High-risk Populations. Brooks/Cole. ISBN 978-0-534-55866-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=nEQFAAAACAAJ.
- ↑ Forman, Samuel; Kelliher, Matthew (1999-06-29) (in en). Status One: Breakthroughs in High Risk Population Health Management. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-7879-4154-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=7IV2QgAACAAJ.
- ↑ Banach, Je (2020-04-01). "I Am High-Risk for COVID-19—We Need to Talk" (in en-US). https://www.vogue.com/article/i-am-high-risk-covid-19-we-need-to-talk.
- ↑ "The Plague Year" (in en-US). The New Yorker. 2020-12-23. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/04/the-plague-year. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ↑ "COVID-19: Who's at higher risk of serious symptoms?" (in en). https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-who-is-at-risk/art-20483301.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Coronavirus and COVID-19: Who is at higher risk?" (in en). https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-and-covid19-who-is-at-higher-risk.
- ↑ CDC (2020-02-11). "Healthcare Workers" (in en-us). https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinical-care/underlyingconditions.html.
- ↑ McCarron, Robert M.; Xiong, Glen L.; Keenan, Craig R.; Nasrallah, Henry A. (2015-04-01) (in en). Preventive Medical Care in Psychiatry: A Practical Guide for Clinicians. American Psychiatric Pub. ISBN 978-1-58562-546-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=oXHBBwAAQBAJ&q=%22high+risk%22.
- ↑ Pates, Richard; Riley, Diane (2012-05-31) (in en). Harm Reduction in Substance Use and High-Risk Behaviour. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-34335-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=3Nh6aV8RXn8C&q=%22high+risk%22+population+drug+addiction.
- ↑ "HIGH-RISK FOR SEVERE COVID-19 OR COMPLICATIONS FROM COVID-19". https://www.dallascounty.org/Assets/uploads/docs/covid-19/community/Dallas-HighRiskGuidelines.pdf.
- ↑ Affairs (ASPA), Assistant Secretary for Public (2021-02-18). "How Do I Know if I'm High Risk, and What Do I Do Next?" (in en). https://combatcovid.hhs.gov/i-have-covid-19/how-do-i-know-if-im-high-risk.
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