A nurse who is studying chronic disease considers the multifactorial etiology of illness. What does this imply?
a. Genetics and molecular structure of dis-ease is paramount.
b. Single organisms that cause a disease, such as cholera, must be studied in more detail
c. Focus should be on the factors or combi-nations and levels of factors contributing to disease.
d. The recent rise in infectious disease is the main focus.
ANS: C
Multifactorial etiology implies a focus on combinations and levels of factors. There are many factors to consider other than only genetics or single organisms with multifactorial etiologies. The focus of studying multifactorial etiology is on chronic disease.
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