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Population-Based Definition Study populations that are selected using a systematic sampling procedure for all residents of a geographically defined area.

Population-Based Surveillance Definition Routine monitoring of the health status of a population through the use of analyses of medical and disease registries, or other means.

Positive Psychology Definition The scientific study of human fulfillment, happiness, good health, and other optimal living characteristics. Much of the research looking at quality of life characteristics has roots in Positive Psychology. Positive Psychology is often contrasted against the focus of classical psychology on negative symptoms, dysfunction, and disease.

Positive QOL Synonyms Well-Being; Wellness

Positive Airway Pressure Definition Treatment of choice for obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome. Produced by a machine, PAP keeps the airway open and eliminates or reduces snores, apneas and hypopneas.

Positive Functioning Synonyms Personal Growth; Community Participation; Eudemonic Well-Being; Functional Status Definition Positive Functioning has both psychological (e.g., self-acceptance and personal growth) and social (e.g., social contribution, social participation) dimensions.

Positive Predictive Value Definition ▶ Precision.

Definition Positive QOL is a positive state of well-being that includes both positive affect (hedonic well-being) and positive functioning (eudemonic well-being), and which is different from and more than the absence of disease, disability, dysfunction, negative affect, or ill health.

Positive Symptom Definition Positive Symptom excess or distortion of normal functions (distortion in thought content, perception, language and thought process). DSM-IV-TR

Positivity Definition An estimate of disease burden that is based on the number of positive test results divided by the number of tests conducted; this measure is usually based on the number of tests

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