Light Therapy

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Glossary

Life Table Definition A Life Table summarizes the patterns of mortality and survival in a population by converting observed mortality rates into risks and using these to construct a hypothetical population exposed through life to the observed mortality risks.

Light Therapy Definition Light Therapy is considered the ‘‘gold-standard’’ treatment for seasonal affective disorder, and is one of several types of treatments used to treat the disorder.

Likert Scale Life Years Lost to Disability Definition Contribution to disability adjusted life years (DALY) that describes the years of healthy life lost by being in a state of poor health or disability.

Definition A scale measuring the degree to which the respondent agrees or disagrees with a statement ranging from complete agreement on one side to complete disagreement on the other side and no opinion in the middle. It is usually a 3, 5, or 7 point scale.

Life Years Saved Limb Amputation Definition A health outcome measure commonly used to assess intervention effectiveness in costeffectiveness analyses.

Lifetime Costs of Stroke Definition The costs arising from people with stroke from the time of stroke onset until death.

Lifetime Prevalence of Epilepsy Definition The number of people with epileptic seizure anytime before the survey date divided by the surveyed target population size.

Definition The removal of a limb or part of a limb.

Linear Predictor Definition Linear Predictor is the linear structure of a generalized linear model.

Logit Scale Definition The Logit Scale is an interval scale in which the unit intervals between the locations on the person-item map have a consistent value or meaning.